The American Traveler

SPECIAL-EDITION   PUBLISHED DAILY BY 1st U. S. INFANTRY-DIVISION   June 6, 1945.

No "Beaucoup" Fags

WITH THE FIRST INFANTRY DIVISION

--- "Send me beaucoup cigarettes," was the way Cpl. James Pennington, Antitank Company, 26th Infantry Regiment, worked the request to his wife in Oneida, Tenn., at the time of the cigarette shortage among the armed forces in France.

Several days ago, he received a reply. His wife explained that she had canvassed the entire town, and the only brands the stores carried were Camels, Chesterfields, Lucky Strikes, Old Golds, Raleighs and Phillip Morris -- but she could not find any Beaucoups.

"Please let me know, Jimmy," she concluded, "if any other brands but Beaucoups will do."

He let her know.