Word: guardsman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with liquor and in a sinking condition. Hastily she was unloaded, and soon her contraband cargo began to appear in New London speakeasies at $2 per bottle. Some Coast Guardsmen became drunk and rowdy. The base commander put a guard around his station, leveled destroyer searchlights upon it. Each guardsman "going ashore" was thoroughly searched at the gate to prevent liquor smuggling out of the base. The gate kiosk was stacked with miscellaneous bottles. General courts martial were ordered with 24 guardsmen involved in charges of intoxication, or pilfering liquor...