Carlson explained in a 1943 interview: "I was trying to build up the same sort of working spirit I had seen in China, where all the soldiers dedicated themselves to one idea and worked together to put that idea over.
卡爾遜在1943年一次訪談中解釋道：「我試圖創建自己在中國見識到的同一種工作精神，在那裏，全體士兵奉獻一己之力於同一理念，並分工合作達成目標。