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gammerstang commented on the word Wrapees
Apparently Wrapees was the term Marines used for the Japanese because they had wrapping round their legs. https://books.google.com/books?id=QO_rDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT337&lpg=PT337&dq=%22Wrapees%22+japanese&source=bl&ots=VcRDHQ-f0d&sig=ACfU3U0q0MiU1z671uf4qhPKxuBvE830qw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqovLU2uvoAhURca0KHSqjCR8Q6AEwAXoECAwQKQ#v=onepage&q=%22Wrapees%22%20japanese&f=false
April 16, 2020
gammerstang commented on the word Wrapees
Apparently Wrapees was the term Marines used for the Japanese because they had wrapping round their legs. https://books.google.com/books?id=QO_rDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT337&lpg=PT337&dq=%22Wrapees%22+japanese&source=bl&ots=VcRDHQ-f0d&sig=ACfU3U0q0MiU1z671uf4qhPKxuBvE830qw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqovLU2uvoAhURca0KHSqjCR8Q6AEwAXoECAwQKQ#v=onepage&q=%22Wrapees%22%20japanese&f=false
April 16, 2020