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Show AMERICA IN ACTION A DEVIL DOG 'CHOW' United States marines lay claim to being the best fed of the world's fighting men. And it is easy to see why the Leathernecks believe their "chow" is so superior. A menu picked at random from any marine base throughout the country is a good illustration. il-lustration. Here's one breakfast at the marine ma-rine corps training station at Parris Island, S. C: oatmeal with cream, bacon and eggs, fried potatoes, buttered but-tered toast, coffee and fruit. And here's what the boys at Quan-tico, Quan-tico, Va., had for dinner on Sunday, September 12: roast turkey with dressing and giblet gravy, mashed potatoes, buttered string beans, tomato to-mato and lettuce salad, bread and butter and ice cream. Another sample menu will round out the day. This is a typical Sunday Sun-day evening meal: cold cuts, baked beans, sliced cheese, beet and onion .salad, bread and butter, doughnuts and coffee. Each and every meal prepared for the "fightin'est body of men on earth" can well satisfy the most exacting ex-acting gourmet. Carefully designed menus of attractive at-tractive and well-prepared food necessary nec-essary for the needs of these seagoing sea-going soldiers is an every-meal project. proj-ect. It is most important that the food give the number of vitamins and calories required by the nature of their work. The amount of food may vary according ac-cording to climatic conditions but marines abroad eat of the chow of the same quality and quantity as their buddies back home. The food which the enlisted man of today eats is as good as, if not better than, that which he had been getting in civilian life. Released by Western Newspaper Union. |