Re: Drug Use in Korea

["J.E. Ballow" <bballow@motion.net>]

Suntory is still being made in Japan and now has a good reputation. I
believe in the "good old days" of the Occupation we called it "Shark
Whiskey".
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From: CavKVet50@aol.com <CavKVet50@aol.com>
To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
Date: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: Drug Use in Korea


>In a message dated 8/1/01 1:55:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ysk@kimsoft.com
>writes:
>
><< During WWII, Japanese engineers made cars that ran on wood alcohol and
>when the Red Army marched into North Korea, they found a lot of this
>chemical. >>
>
>ysk -
>During the Occupation, there was a whisky product named Suntory. Once in a
>while you would hear of someone drinking a counterfeit and getting into
>trouble. Marty
>