Army & Navy: Drinks from Home

Many a U.S. soldier in England, after sampling Britain's flat, fizzless (and now watery) beer, has longed for the soft drinks of his home-town drugstore. Last week the Army announced that he will soon get them. Army post exchanges are importing soda fountains, drink-dispensing machines, ice-cream freezers. Also on the way: U.S. civilian soda jerkers, who will teach soldiers and civilian workers the trade, perhaps the lingo.

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