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U.s. male population shipped off to the front, each soldier received a pack of cigarettes in their gi rations. >> they're the few comforts which make a fighting man's life more bearable. among these, a cigarette. >> everybody jumped into normandy with, you know, cartons of cigarettes. that was part of normal life. here i am, you know, facing who knows what. at least i have something familiar. >> every day, thousands of cases of chesterfields leave the factory bound overseas. >> tobacco's patriotic act was really good for business. consumption jumped 70% during the war. and in 1943, the tobacco...

Received a pack of cigarettes in their gi rations. >> they're the few comforts which make a fighting man's life more bearable. among these, a cigarette. >> everybody jumped into normandy with, you know, cartons of cigarettes. that was part of normal life. here i am, you know, facing who knows what. at least i have something familiar. >> every day, thousands of cases of chesterfields leave the factory bound overseas. >> tobacco's patriotic act was really good for business. consumption jumped 70% during the war. and in 1943, the tobacco companies manufactured 284 billion cigarettes. cigarettes p...

To the front, each soldier received a pack of cigarettes in their gi rations. >> they're the few comforts which make a fighting man's life more bearable. among these, a cigarette. >> everybody jumped into normandy with, you know, cartons of cigarettes. that was part of normal life. here i am, you know, facing who knows what. at least i have something familiar. >> every day, thousands of cases of chesterfields leave the factory bound overseas. >> tobacco's patriotic act was really good for business. consumption jumped 70% during the war. and in 1943, the tobacco companies manufactured 284 billi...