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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
Yeah. Aren't you lucky. You had those yummy MREs. I, on the other hand, had to choke down canned C-rations. Woe be to the hapless young Airman that found the Ham and Lima Beans in his C-rat. He was going hungry. Conversely, if you found the pound cake in your meal, then you found gold. You could trade that one can of pound cake for an entire meal. My dog tag chain still has my last remaining P-38 hanging from it.
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Well, MREs had a few entrees that were similar to the C-rat torture. Before my time there was something called the "five fingers of death." Few Joes I knew liked the meatloaf. My personal favorite was the 2000ish circulation of the veggie bag containing the bean burrito a.k.a. "Mexican Pop Tart."