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Originally Posted by Edward Tinker
true Geo - although my 1939 from my WWII friend said it was a carton of cigarettes 
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Unless he was an officer, GI's didn't (and still don't) have enough loose cash for cartons.
IIRC, as late as 1970, a draft at the Enlisted Club was $.25, and I never had enough for more than two or three...
The only time I saw cigarettes was in a box of C-Rats...