Coke men were given a lot of privileges during WW2. There is an entire section of "For God, Country and Coca-Cola" which is about this. Coca-Cola basically pl

Coke men were given a lot of privileges during WW2. There is an entire section of "For God, Country and Coca-Cola" which is about this. Coca-Cola basically pledged to provide Coke for the soldiers everywhere they went. It was a publicity triumph, and also helped make sure Coke could keep getting the sugar they needed during ww2. Source: I work at Coca-Cola (a bottler in Japan), but mostly this book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203586.For_God_Country_and_Coca_Cola https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203586.For_God_Country_a...