This was manufactured one year after my birth for the Korean War. There was tons of it left over, apparently. Enough for another war! The government, never one to waste anything, probably paid 6 times what it cost to make this crap just to store it. I found it in my tool box. I had to take a picture of it to read the small print. 85% of you who clicked on this were thinking “of or having to do with another weapon of mass destruction. Yep.” Well, not exactly. But now I know why I got food poisoning a few times. I never sterilized mine. It was in between my two dog tags. Duh, huh?
I had a thriving trade in Tabasco and A-1 sauce the whole time I was there. My sister mailed it to me by the 12 pack from a restaurant supply house. Standard barter value? 2 cartons of Marbs. It made C rations palatable, not to mention grilled water buffalo. Remember, that stuff was 18 years old by the time I started eating it – literally. I mean it. Both the C rations and the Buffalo. They pass away between 14-18 yrs.
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still have a few p38 in old foot locker with ear plugs 4 pack of chesterfield non filter cigatettes. why do we care about this stuff?
Can opener. My DH said, “I had one of those; worked good!” when I showed him these pics.
They made so many John Waynes, that when I was a Boy Scout during that time (missed VN by 5 years) we all got them issued to us at Jamborees! No fears folks, I made up for being 5 years too young to have been in Nam by promptly enlisting at the ripe age of 17 and 1 month.
ah, yes…..memories. Freezin my butt off, soaking wet with sea water on a beach in the middle of the night and Woofin’ down C-rats! Looky there! A fine photo of John Wayne….carried one on my keychain for years after I got out. 🙂
These MREs are like a gourmet meal compared to what we had….