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This week the War Office abandoned "V-Cigarets," said only regular brands would be issued henceforth.
War hitherto had not disturbed Monte Carlo. New-rich Germans arrived to spend the proceeds of the loot of France. Collaborationists and refugees with more money than respectability swarmed in. Prices soared. The average price of a meal in 1942, was $24. Wine and liquors easily added another $100 to...
The rude, uncomfortable U.S. barracks in China were scorching last week with well-rounded curses against Jap interference with soldiers' already limited social life. Lieut. General Joseph W. Stilwell had ordered his men not to buy Scotch, rye or brandy ($30 to $50 U.S. per fifth). Reason: Japanese bootleggers...
"By and by the men pulled out headboards and started on rummy, pinochle, hearts and blackjack. Some read comics and newspapers. A soldier looked up from his paper . . . and read names of brands from the sheet-names of cigarets, cigars, foods, liquors-and the card players grinned at the sound...
The Corps now had an air arm bigger than the whole outfit had ever been before. Marine flyers manned land-based fighter stations, flew from carriers, operated their own military airline in the South Pacific. The Corps had full divisions in battle for the first time. It had all brands...