Among the top-selling PX items in the Vietnam War was this common American commodity.
Hair spray
Toothpaste
Soda pop
Potato chips
Mouse traps
Hair spray. A Newsweek story in May 1965 quoted a PX storekeeper at Cholon as saying, "Revlon Intimate is one item we just can’t keep in stock." American troops bought over 500 cans of hair spray a week for their Vietnamese girl friends.