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Post #564656 by CincyTikiCraig on Thu, Nov 11, 2010 6:19 PM

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Since it is Veteran's Day I think that it is important to remember that Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt, aka Donn Beach aka Don The Beachcomber not only invented the Tiki Bar and Exotic Rum Cocktails, but that he also served his nation during the Second World War. Don served in the United States Army in World War II as an operator of officer rest-and-recreation centers. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star while setting up rest camps for combat-weary airman of the 12th and 15th Air Forces in Capri, Nice, Cannes, the French Riviera, Venice, the Lido and Sorrento. If there's a hero in all of Tikidom that we should all look up to, it's Donn Beach in my book.