Coast Guardsman William E. Leonard of Serapta, Louisiana, 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 t
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