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Who remembers scrambled eggs and ham in a can! How 'bout those axle grease, packed pieces of pork! Man o man, I remember times when C's looked pretty good! I served in the mid/late 70's and remember times when these boxed/canned goodies beat what the mess hall put out... sometimes! Oh, ya, the chocolate disk, packed in a can with crackers! Both the chocolate and the crackers could have been used to shingle a house! But after a few days in the field, wet, nasty, and just plain dam hungry, you did'nt mind so much what you did'nt have and grateful with what you did have!
Any other stories out there? Must be some good memories to share - please add to this topic!
Here's to all of us and those who are in it now. Thank God we have people in this great land who STILL understand patriotism, who love what the USA is all about.
Cheers everyone!
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| | Bart,
In Germany at least, when they got to the expiry date (or beyond, only the Mess Sgt knew for sure) they mixed them together for surprise meals. I always wished they'd simply stack up the boxes and let us take one to our table. Cold, but better than what was mixed together and heated!
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| | We had a game that we played with the crackers that were in the C rations. We would bet who could eat the most crackers without drinking any water. After about the 3rd cracker, all of the saliva in your mouth would be absorbed, and you would have to wash it down. Most of the time you could not swallow the cracker, because it turned into a big moist ball. Those were the days.
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| | Plus, the C-ration cans made great ashtrays! When the MREs were introduced to USAEUR in '85, we had no further use of our beloved P38 can openers...
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Ah, yes, I no longer wear a P-38 on the chain with my dog tags (and yes, at age sixty-three, I still do wear my dog tags).
My favorite was the chocolate candy with coconut inside.
I also enjoyed the cheese spread on crackers.
The first time I ever ate C-rations wasn't in the Army.
I was working on a forest fire in Idaho.
That was also the first time I flew in a helicopter (or any aircraft).
It was several months later that I went into the United States Army.
Thank you.
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| | Oh Yea!!! the cheese was great to stop the runs!!!!
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| | Can peaches worth their weight in gold! Could trade that for just about anything! LOL.
Also have my dog tags with the P-38!
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| | Gentlemen,
The all time worst happened to be 'Ham and Lima Beans'. Savy vietnamese kids would throw it back at us. A close second were Heath Bars.
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Pitching an unopened can of jam or cheese in the bonfire at the end of the FTX.
KaBOOOOOOOM
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| | Placing a can of peanut butter in the stove at the end of the FTX help to clear out the soot from inside the pipes....one less item to clean when we got back to homestation. I still have my P-38, the small one and the larger one, can't seem to toss em.
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