tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post7532819568074005978..comments2024-03-28T02:42:51.950-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Bull Durham Targets the Troopssnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-71000580809333060712016-02-13T17:16:21.180-08:002016-02-13T17:16:21.180-08:00This is good to know, might come in handy, though ...This is good to know, might come in handy, though of course, for the other guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-37559827694215708722016-02-13T17:12:02.499-08:002016-02-13T17:12:02.499-08:00As for the Nam that's no BullAs for the Nam that's no BullAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-19737516965013869992016-02-13T13:02:12.163-08:002016-02-13T13:02:12.163-08:00I had a summer job in the 1960's, and the draf...I had a summer job in the 1960's, and the draftsman working behind me, an elderly man, told me that while in France in 1918, soldiers who contracted gonorrhea would pack cotton into the Bull Durham bag and fasten them to their penis to soak up the urethral exudate.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11766903188774678886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-16559740050160889092016-02-13T10:09:48.162-08:002016-02-13T10:09:48.162-08:00Also, referring to the photo of the Ninth Mass. In...Also, referring to the photo of the Ninth Mass. Infantry, it appears that at least some of these soldiers have got carbines. What were these? Jim Pattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05340069966081400997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-18535861592255145722016-02-13T10:07:56.565-08:002016-02-13T10:07:56.565-08:00I recall once hearing that the tobacco companies g...I recall once hearing that the tobacco companies got America hooked on factory-made cigarettes by giving them out to the troops in WW1. Was this true? I know from personal experience in the Vietnam Era that every C-Ration pack came with four cigarettes.Jim Pattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05340069966081400997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-61054979132063476482016-02-13T09:36:01.338-08:002016-02-13T09:36:01.338-08:00My father bought a "roll-your-own" machi...My father bought a "roll-your-own" machine and used Bugle Tobacco in the 1950's. He was a late-comer into WWI. Instead of France he was assigned to the Philippines and then to Eastern Siberia. I suspect he used Bull Durham and rolled his own cigarettes many times.Green Hills Philosopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13182163957954644158noreply@blogger.com