Forces of Habit by David T. COURTWRIGHT

Author:David T. COURTWRIGHT
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

Alcohol and tobacco are the two great military drugs. During World War II the U.S. Army provided cigarettes in K-rations, but discouraged hard liquor among troops on duty. What happened unofficially was another matter. The 31st Infantry Division, a mostly southern outfit, included veteran moonshiners, some of whom appear here on Morotai Island. An enlisted man in a quartermaster company gave them sugar in exchange for a share of the liquor. They sold the rest to GIs or drank it themselves. A first sergeant, acting on orders, eventually destroyed their still. He did so with reluctance, as he was one of their customers.

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