Re: Drug Use in Korea

["Patricia Winston \(Trish\)" <winstonp001@hawaii.rr.com>]

Well as long as we're swapping stories, my uncle (a sailor) told of making
moonshine during WWII.  Juniper berries were used as flavor to make "gin"
and iodine was used for the "scotch".  Bleccch...

Trish

----- Original Message -----
From: <Jwscpd8@aol.com>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: Drug Use in Korea


> As to the desire for alcohol among the troops, Aqua Velvet was the
favorite
> after shave  lotion for drinking, as I had a brand new bottle downed by
> someone while I was in the shower, plus it was cheap.
>
> Now, as to the medic's and alcohol, our cooks would bake fresh bread, then
> the medic's after the top and bottom of the loaf of bread was cut off,
would
> pour the alcohol into the bread and let it drain out in to a pain.   I was
> told that the bread would purify the medical alcohol. It was them mixed
with
> grapefruit juice.  I would not touch that stuff, no matter what they told
me.
>
>      John