A joke about moving American military alcohol to Japan in 1942 leads to a distinction between official provision and what personnel obtained privately. The claim that the services were dry is immediately qualified by medicinal alcohol. Personal stocks and civilian bars beside bases are also identified as sources of drink. The useful distinction is between an official drinks supply and alcohol available to service personnel through other routes.
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Dry-service rules and unofficial wartime alcohol
Medicinal supplies, private stocks, and civilian bars qualify the discussion of officially dry American services.