Japs
Examples
O how I long for the days when, if the Japs were cheeky, we showed them the guns of the China Squadron, and no more was heard.
"Japs Have Island", The Honolulu Star, August 26, 1902, pg. 6 After the USAT Buford reached Manila, Captain Croskey reported on the presence of Japanese at Wake Island.
From the Pacific Theater came another report: “As eight Japs came charging at him with fixed bayonets, the American Marine dropped all of them with his trusty M-1 Garand.
At 1100, an alert came – Japs coming – but the alerts were in vain – no Japs at all – all day.
But when the Japs invaded the Philippines, the leprosariums were abandoned.
"The RAF pilots were trained in methods that were excellent against German and Italian equipment but suicide against the acrobatic Japs", as Lt.Gen. Claire Lee Chennault had to notice.