29 JUL 12 / 1806hrs
TOM : Sound like you been their and done that with WW II C and K rations. I remember the first can I open of green eggs and chop ham, I had to eat them with my eyes closed. Don'y know about you, when I open the can bread cake it was to hard to bite, took it down to the latrine (head) and soked in the sink in hot water. It would puff up and one could eat it. Later as a tank comander, some of my crew members would complain about MRE's, I would tell them about C and K ration and how lucky they were to have MRE's. When we had C and K rations out in the field, we would place the cans next to the jeep engine to warn them up. But if you left them to long they would blow up and make a hell of a mess. On the M-1A2 tank, we would place the MRE's just in side the turbin engine housing away from the engine to warm up. We also had solf drinks stored in the empty gun tubs behind the loader postion. Some years ago a Army friend gave me a box of WW II C rations, they set on a shelf as a reminder of time gone past. SARGE
