My story is written in letter form with letters to the characters father, to Walter Cronkite and to some other people. Not sure how the armor units split their meals. The daily ration of 3 meals provides approximately 3600 calories." There were 4 choices of meat in each B group. These meals came in a case containing 12 meals. The accessory pack with each meal was sealed in a foil pouch. Sorry 11Bs I always took my favorite out first. $40 . Items; Share.
Letters, Pocket Knives, C Rations & Steel Helmets are among the Our operation moved from the Air Force sector to the other side of the Air Base about a million miles away from our Mess facility. Dont have any Cs any more, but still got several P-38s, three still sealed in the brown paper. While there me and a buddy were starved one night so we go to the helicopter pad and find loads of empty cases of c rats, we start searching after about 10 minutes my buddy finds a can, lights up his zippo and with his southern twang says Michael, I cant hardly believe someone left a can of ham and M F ers behind. Our squad leader was fairturned all Cs upside down and would mix up..then we would pick..No Fear!! Upon further review it becomes clear that the lists of "things" have a much deeper meaning and carry an abundance amount of . Ive eaten both and they do indeed taste the same. $40 : VE-1124 Mortar carrier's shoulder pads, to support the metal barrel. God bless you all. I got a flashback Ill never forget those days Sometimes I would eat the pineapples, bananas or coconuts if I could get them. As a historian, these are important details as even food technologies change. I was a crechief on Hueys who resupplied you guys.
Meal, Combat, Individual ration | Vietnam War | Fandom C Ration for sale | eBay Meal, Combat, Individual (MCI) | MRE Info If you lucked into the peach can, you could trade it for almost anything. In the field 90% of my tour. Put 1 slice on the bottom of the 2 cans with attached lids. Man do I remember C rations. Not to bad either! And to you Vietnam soldierswelcome home sincerely wished to you all.
Vietnam C Rations and Stuff - Pinterest Marines were not great cooks, but they were inventive. Looked for the fruit cans mostly, but some of the other items were tasty too. This is a very nice Vietnam Era Survival Kit & Ration Packaging collectors set, with great display potential. Army here, 67-70, most of 70 spent in Vietnam. C-ration cans inside our huge transmitter, and after a couple hours sending messages back and forth we could remove those cans and enjoy a delicious hot meal e.g., my favorite, Ragout of Beef. That went for Officers and enlisted men. Though it had been given a new name, the MCI was in essence still the canned C ration of prior years.
b9719 Vietnam era US Military C Ration Spoon in plastic bag IR19A I grew up in Pensacola,and lived on tabasco sauce for my oysters and everything else, and while in Nam I came up with an idea for my own hot sauce for eating c rations with,and wrote it down in a notebook we kept our call signs and frequencies in. As an infantry soldier in Vietnam, C-Rations was my sole source of nourishment for at least 300 of the 365 days I served in-country. Lots of exploded food and they had to clean up the tail of the ship. Sitting in a bunker with a m60 in the monsoons I try to forget. Its chief use was to hold several ounces of insect repellant, which we then set afire and used in place of a heat tab, which were in short supply. This was so insightful to read! A small chunk of C-4 explosive could also be substituted for the Trioxin tablet for faster heating. Hi, 4.) 2.) Yes I remembered those olive canned food because my dad, VNs regime Officer before 1975, let me tried > canned of chocolate in foil, cake, peach, M&M, shredded pork ( ? Used to put them on the voltage regulators to heat. Im also interested in the mail service during this time period.
ODE TO THE "C" RATION - Mazurland Blog so what did you feed your dog in nam? Remember c rats well . Contents:12 ounces of bacon or one pound of meat (usually canned Corned Beef), two 8-ounce cans of hard bread or hardtack biscuits, a packet of 1.16 ounces of pre-ground coffee, a packet of 2.4 ounces of granulated sugar, and a packet of 0.16 ounces of salt. noviopera From shop noviopera. You can live a long time on just water, so I do not recall being hungry. Beef and Rocks, Scrambled Rubber Eggs, Chili, Applesauce, and Shit Disks. Open can of peaches with P-38. Beans an winnies the best.ham and eggs always green no way I would eat it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Typical commercial brands issued in the cigarette rations in Vietnam were: Camel, Chesterfield, Kent, Kool, Lucky Strike, Marlboro, Pall Mall, Salem, or Winston. THE C-RATIONS I ATE IN VIETNAM IN 1970 WERE DATED 1943 THATS 27 YRS OLD AND The daily ration of 3 meals provides approximately 3600 calories., 1 Beef w/Spiced Sauce, Halved Apricots, Peanut Butter, B-1 Unit crackers, candy, 2 Tuna Fish, Quartered Pears, Peanut Butter, B-1 Unit crackers, candy, 3 Ham and Eggs, Chopped, Quartered Pears, Peanut Butter, B-1 Unit crackers, candy, 4 Pork, Sliced, Cooked with Juices, Halved Apricots, Peanut Butter, B-1 Unit crackers, candy, 5 Beans w/Frankfurter Chunks in Tomato Sauce, Blackberry Jam, Fruitcake, B-2 Unit crackers, cocoa beverage powder, 6 Beef Slices and Potatoes w/Gravy, Pineapple Jam, Orange Nut Roll, B-2 Unit crackers, cocoa beverage powder, 7 Spaghetti w/Beef Chunks in Sauce, Peach Jam, Cinnamon Nut Roll, B-2 Unit crackers, cocoa beverage powder, 8 Beans w/Meat Balls in Tomato Sauce, Grape Jam, Pound Cake, B-2 Unit crackers, cocoa beverage powder, 9 Beefsteak, Sliced Peaches, Cheese Spread, Cheddar Plain, B-3 Unit crackers, candy, 10 Chicken or Turkey Boned, Cheese Spread, Cheddar Plain, Fruit Cocktail, B-3 Unit crackers, candy, 11 Ham Sliced, Cooked with Juices, Cheese Spread, Cheddar Plain, Fruit Cocktail, B-3 Unit crackers, candy, 12 Turkey Loaf, Cheese Spread, Cheddar Plain, Sliced Peaches, B-3 Unit crackers, candy. Ron Perron l drove a 5 ton dump and heated meals for everybody on the manifold a hot can of SOS in your belly goes a long way towards boosting your spirits. The popular meals and cans of pound cake, peaches and fruit cocktail were prized and worth their weight in gold many soldiers hoarding them to barter for items during evening chow breaks; only one of each are included in every case of meals. It consisted of three meals sealed in a plastic bag together with items such as a can opener/spoon, matches, toilet paper, etc. Each meal was in its own cardboard box, which contained the individual items sealed in cans. The section on C-rations brought waves of memories of those days. The ham and eggs were inedible. I considered serving with the US Armed Forces on countless occasions however I have an old skateboarding injury in my foot and ankle and hardware that came with it that ultimately made me decide to serve domestically. A couple of days later our friend David called and told us that there was a problem with the sauce.
Does anyone still make C-Rations? | Page 2 | Survivalist Forum Corporal. I think the onions were gone in a matter of a few days. Always enjoyed the meals when I was out in the field. Potable water ( without iodine tablets mixed) was difficult to obtain in the field. FOR SALE!
Vintage Meal Combat Individual Accessory Packet All those you show here was my usual meals at the jungle in Vietnam. Sincere thanks to all of our military veterans who have bravely served our great country in times of war and ate their share of those C rations. Ill never eat C-Rations again, but I can remember when I was glad to have them. Found four P38s still in the brown paper wrapping that I brought back from Nam in Dec. 72. If you read this and you would like to try it,just give me a call at 1-800-347-2823 and i would be happy to send you a free bottle. He jokingly staggered back a few feet and loudly cleared his throat, while one person yelled out, Eeww, gross!. The 4 meals I remember are 1- chopped ham and eggs 2 beans and wieners 3- ham and lima beans 4- beefsteak and potatoes. Military C-Ration Peanut Butter Can Unopened Cinderella Foods Inc Dawson Ga $13.00 $17.05 shipping Im writing a book which is fiction loosely based on my real experience for ages 10-14. C-Rations FSN 8970-577-4513 Specification MIL-M-35048 First procured in 1961, the Meal, Combat, Individual (MCI) weighed just under 2 pounds and was produced in 12 different menus. The components of the MCI were the M - "Meat Unit", the B - "Bread Unit", and D - "Dessert Unit". My older sister, younger brother and I could only imagine what those canned meals tasted like. all were palatable, but the peaches were outstanding. Everybody liked Pound Cake, but there was only (1) box per case that had it. They loved hearing how Tabasco Sauce made even C-rats mostly palatable. A whole heat tab had to be used.
Remembering Military C-rations - MidWeek took the fire extinguisher and use it to get our cokes cold. We just heated ours with a ball of C-4, i.e., after opening the can. you have any idea how the mean and beans were made have never found a close substitute for them. It was just what I needed. $100 VE-546 Choice Vietnam Jungle Boots, size 12. Listing is for 1x Pin Badges, please specify the design at checkout or a random ones will be sent out. Semper Fidelis.
Vintage K Brand Rabbit Family Ration Patch Logo Snapback Trucker Hat I get a lot of the cans of fruit cake. PHU BAI, CAMP CARROLL, NAM 66/67. It was a great job. C-rats. Pall Mall, Luckies, Winston, Salem and Benson & Hedges Menthol were five of the brands found in Vietnam era field ration packets.
1969 Vietnam Meal Combat Individual C Ration Spaghetti - YouTube Through some investigation he found the manufacturer of it was Sara Lee. Prayers-Love and GREAT BIG -Thank you to ALL Military personnel (still here or passed) and their families for serving our COUNTRY. The can fit the input chute clip perfectly and provided a smooth curved surface for the linked 7.62s to feed ammo into the M-60. As an infantry soldier in Vietnam, C-Rations was my sole source of nourishment for at least 300 of the 365 days I served in-country. I got pretty good at stealing C4 to cook with , and those LRRP rations . Oh man, I love your story. The heat tabs gave off exhaust like tear gas, which could drive guys out of a tent or bunker, so a little C-4 was just the thing burned hot and clean, and no danger of exploding because C-4 was a stable substance. They learned quickly when the cans exploded and Messed up my airplane said the M/Sgt who was the flight engineer sitting across from the voltage regulators. I can only remember seeing cases of C-Rations stacked inside APCs along with several five-gallon containers of water when we came upon them in the jungle. C Ration Cigarettes (1 - 3 of 3 results) Price ($) Any price Under $25 $25 to $100 $100 to $250 . and heat a canteen cup of water and it provided you with quick hot water or c rations. Great article, I was USMC 1966/67 Vietnam. I was with the 15th Aerial Port Sq 1968-69, Da Nang. You were the unsung heroes of Army aviation. In an effort to keep things fair, Ive witnessed squad leaders dumping cases of C-Rations upside down (hiding the name of the meal) and mixing them up to give everyone an equal chance of selecting a popular meal. Now you could use an ammo box with a thousand rounds instead of the standard ammo box and metal feed chute limited to 300 rounds. 10 days later gulfort, mississippi.. jus lemme have a p38.. Each menu contains: one canned meat item; one canned fruit, bread or dessert item;one B unit; an accessory packet containing cigarettes, matches, chewing gum, toilet paper, coffee, cream, sugar, and salt; and a spoon. When I first got to Vietnam and was assigned to an infantry battalion in the field, I started eating Cs three meals per day. I was at minimum weight then. This Nov. 1966 incident happened as his unit left Camp Carroll in the DMZ, walked north, and after two days were ambushed by the NVA and Viet Cong. (LogOut/ I miss the guys I hope all are doing well. I really enjoyed Meat balls & beans. Vintage C Ration Accessory Pack, No Cigarettes $8.00 $5.85 shipping or Best Offer Vintage 1971 Vietnam Era Military C Ration Can Fortified Peanut Butter Kern Food $14.44 Was: $16.99 $4.31 shipping Only 1 left! Toilet paper and mosquito juice in band on our steel pot to keep them dry.
C-ration | Military Wiki | Fandom Moat says though he warned his children over the years not to touch his pound cake, he did let them eat some other rations when they were growing up in the 1980s, including canned spaghetti and crackers. Meatballs and beans! Development began in 1938 with the . Typical commercial brands issued in the cigarette ration were: Camel, Chesterfield, Kent, Kool, Lucky Strike, Marlboro, Pall Mall, Salem, or Winston. Required fields are marked *. Due to health concerns, cigarettes were eliminated from the MCI accessory packs in 1975. Brand New. I would save my fruit and pond cake and trad for their rations of beer. I got ham and eggs. Fortunately I was able to run down a medic with some antacid. If somebody liked Lucky Strikes, Parliament, Chesterfields or Pall Malls, they would never run out. It had a flavor I can not duplicate to this day. U.S.A.F. Every once in awhile they would send us out real food and some Beer and coke.
Beans and Baby Dicks, Ham and MoFos - Medium Never ate either one of these meals while in country. I mixed the cocoa powder, coffee powder and creamer in hot water for a tolerable beverage. B-unit: (3) 12 ounce cans of bread, coffee and sugar. In the aviation community wed take a can of biscuits, poke holes in it, pour some JP4 into it, and voila a stove!! Within shouting distance of us was a huge Marine Mess. Years later I wonder if the paint was lead based? Explore Vietnam C Ration Cigarette with all the useful information below including suggestions, reviews, top brands, and related recipes,. Tasted like TNT from the powder charge. Broight back some memories for me from my year in the bush. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Smoking in the services came under attack in the 1980s.
C Rations, Invdividual Combat Meals Case of 12 Meals. There was also a separate "tobacco . However, brilliant military minds said we could not eat there and our 12 hour shifts were intense preventing us from taking a journey to the other side. Do you remember your special recipes? Reunion 2006 Grand Lakes O The Cherokees,OK, Audie Murphy Presidential Medal ofFreedom, https://charliecompany.org/2012/04/20/c-rations/, http://1-22infantry.org/pics4/richard.htm, Army C Rations: 21 Cool Facts - Citizen Soldier Resource Center. Excellent, brought back some good memories. the cigarettes are sold as a 50 year old collectible and are not intended for consumption. You don't want soldiers in war zones endangering their health! Once I got some pancakes that had been stuffed down an elephant rubber. great footlocker or combat field pack display item. Ive been missing those Olive can food image and its opener tool. I do! Your email address will not be published. That was like eating the congealed fat from a canned ham. L/Cpl P.T.
C-Rations | Charlie Company Vietnam 1966-1972 We had C Rations to eat while in the Pentagon Oct 21st 1967 while the war protest march was going on. Vietnam Equipment VE-547 Choice Vietnam Jungle Boots, size 12. I remember that there were no hot meals and you learned the hard way what each unit in the box contained. The short story, "The Things They Carried," written by Tim O'Brien (1990), appears to be an unpretentious narration that list the tangible items carried by the soldiers while fighting in the Vietnam War. I cannot tell you how happy I am to have stumbled across your post! During the 1960s C-ration cigarettes were identical to the sample packs of four that tobacco salesreps handed out to the public. Every thing else not to bad. Nov 16, 2013 at 2338hrs, Being an MACV Advisor C-rations always tasted good when ever we had a chance to beg some. Returned 13 months later via Tiger airlines to a civilian air port in LA & greeted by a lot of people flipping the bird at us. The one in the marines was stationed in ChuLai. Change). Fishing? We never had cold meals. (Obviously some supply sergeant made himself a bunch of money.) The ration was very heavy, weighing 5 lbs . l would buy and eat them today if someone was to make em. Pingback: Feasting on the Frontlines: The Vietnam War Discussing Food History. I drew ham and eggs.
New Reproduction C-Rations Available - Soldier Systems Daily I lived on pound cake and chicken noodle soup cooked with a pinch of C4. We had c-rats (MCIs) in basic and in Germany on FTX until about 83, then we got MREs over there. One SP was intended to meet the requirements of 100 men for one day, but we usually saw one SP per platoon (30 men) every two to three weeks. It was a luck of the draw right after we went through the gas obstacle coarse at basic training. After a short naval round almost blew us away, I smoked too many of those Lucky Strike four packs and suffer today as a result. Best dessert was peaches & pound cake, but you had to trade for stuff. yes crissie it was a mess kit one side flat other side had two compartments and you had silverware so to speak. Turkey packed in 30 weight motor oil was the worst. We burned and buried the last ones in the system in1986 in the Sinai desert. We went through East Germany on the Autobahn to Holiefields in Weat Germany for a training mission. Brought back lots of memories. C-Ration: Development began in 1938 and was completed between 1941 and 1945.
US Army K-Rations, 1941-1945. | Minnesota Historical Society I carry my P38 that i had in Vietnam on my keychain. Although the meat item can be eaten cold, it is more palatable when heated. Then there was the white worms in red sauce. Hill 55 out of DaNang. Cases of C-Rations are assigned and split among a squad of soldiers theres an ample supply to cover three meals per person 4.5 pounds of canned wet food for each days adequate nourishment. What brands of cigarettes were in C-Rations? Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for VINTAGE VEITNAM ERA MILITARY " C" RATIONS PACK OF CIGARETTES UNOPENED at the best online prices at eBay! ate a lot as a kid .
Remembering Vietnam: Heating C-Rations with a Pinch of C-4 When did the military discontinue cigarettes in the C ration? Also read a lot about their c-rat experiences too. He would flatly refuse to eat canned Spam when I was a young girl, saying it reminded him of those C rations! From Sylmar, CA. C-packs also contained cartons of Cigaretts, M&Ms and other favorites, Thanks for this article and thanks all American officers and soldiers in the field of VN war. What do you think? DONT HOW THEY PRESEVERED THEM BUT THEY DID A GOOG JOB TSGT CLARENCE C WOODY USAF. Because there were several "vintages" of C's issued to the Marines and Seabees in Vietnam, more than 4 items may be listed in the B groups as well as the brands of cigarettes included in the accessory pack. And in spite of all their faults, I do sometimes miss C-Rats, especially the Pound Cake! Used extensively during World War II. When out on missions, infantry units were re-supplied with . I was barely more than a toddler during the Vietnam war, and am a non- veteran. Good article. I got my first Love the pound cake especially if you saved the fruit cocktail and ate them together. I remember the first c-ration meal we received. I appreciate the education you help to provide and for keeping it real for those like myself who have never had these experiences. 1 for 5 5 for 20 20 for 40 Keep an .
Web Printable Paperwork - HardScrabble Farm It`s the meal that had the pound cake. There was always enough for seconds, but most of us passed as our shrunken stomachs have already overextended from a single helping of this gourmet meal. So the food on a paper Free shipping for many products! Heres a few of the photos from my page: http://1-22infantry.org/pics4/richard.htm. Three of us hailed a cab & that older gent stopped & bought us a six pack. The cigarettes were even contaminated with bugs ! Welcome back. Smith Bravo Co. 2nd Plt 1st Bn 1st Mar Rgt 1st Mar Div, Old memories Sold by kragsr4c07 in Great Falls Buy Now! Matches The suggestion of including matches was done at the same time as the inclusion of the cigarettes. USMC 2/9 DA NANG , DONG HA, Reblogged this on Cherries A Vietnam War Novel and commented: Heres a blast from the pasta favorite article by visitors posted over 4 yrs. Pingback: A brief history of coffee in the US military, Your website really help me and my grandson doing a paper on me. I got to Vietnam in July 1967. Silly me ! Thank you for your time. Posted by webmaster webmaster has not yet written their Bio. We, the Army Inspectors, condemned them all. I too was in Berlin during the cold war. What is wrong with me? Viet Nam most of 68. Well, my friends, let me refresh your memory and tell you everything you need to know but have forgotten about those wonderful meals. You did what you had to do and made it home to an undeservedly rough reception. Really putrid stuff, For anyone who was there I was with VF213 flying Demons, flying hydraulic leaks! Thank you for taking the time to read this. one of the better memories of c rats. 3-1969 to Feb 1970. The Vietnamese will sit for hours with a homemade fishing pole fishing. 98 the LEMCO Cha Rang Valley 66 67. . The 4-Pack Cigarettes Package of Toilet Tissue C Ration Packaging.
5 Bizarre Superstitions US Troops Believe About Their Rations Thanks for your interesting accounts, and for your service. THEY WERE STILL GOOD. $79.95 Vietnam Us Army Give me an address and Ill send you one. 1st tour grunt recon, etc. These things have left a deep impression on him, and he recalls to those memories fondly, despite the trying period his country was facing during that time.
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