Seven Invasions for a Bottle of Beer. Coast Guardsman William E. Leonard, machinist's mate second class, earned his bottle of beer. The brew was passed out on the beach of Guadalcanal one day, after Coast Guardsman Leonard, serving on an assault transport, had participated in seven invasions - in this order, north Africa, Sicily, Italy, Kwajalein and Eniwetok in the Marshalls, Aitape in Dutch New Guinea, and the Admiralties. Leonard's only comment between gulps of the foamy beverage was: "It's a long time between beers." His home is in Sarepta, La.

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