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Subject: Re: Info
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:20:45 -0700
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This message is self explatory--anyone that can fill in James
Johannes on
the contince of the strang can please fill him in..He says his
friend was in
the 1st battalion A co. I was 1st bat B co and My memory does
not serve
me very well
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From: "James Johannes" <jjohannes@bus.wisc.edu>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 2:40 PM
> Raider friends,
>
> I know some of you, others I do not know but I thought I would
ask you
> anyways. Mark Laroe (A/1st Raiders who was a good friend of
my uncle
> Roland Johannes, also a 1st Raider KIA on Okinawa) ) gave me
an old tin
> that he had from WWII. He said he and others used it to keep
matches, etc
> dry. It is about 3.25 inches by 4.25 inches and about an inch
tall. The
> cover says
>
> EMERGENCY RATION
> Purpose of Contents
> To be consumed only when no other rations of any kind are
procurable.
> TO OPEN
> Strip off Band Insert coin in corner grove and turn
> NOTICE: Not to be opened except by order of an officer.
>
> Do you know what was in this tin or what kind of ration it
was? It is
> obviously not a C or K ration and I do not know if the
chocolate "D Bars"
> came in tins. So, what was it? The description on the cover
almost makes
> it sound dangerous to eat! Help appreciated,
>
> Jim Johannes
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Dick Gaines
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