| Show T K ration eaten in tight spots r its not like home cooking but keeps fighters going all through the savage pacific warfare from guadalcanal Guadal canal to the fighting now taking place in the home islands around japan the ardys famous K ration has as played a highly important role these high energy pocket po ceet size meals go shore ashore a with the first wave of troops they have made it possible tor for A merican american soldiers ers to invade and hold hostile islands even though days and weeks may elapse before the fighting has abated sufficiently to allow supply ships to bring in regular rations and the ne necessary kitchen equipment marines lived for weeks on K rations in their heroic her ola fight for Gudal canal KII K rations are ard the front line soldiers combat food used only under emergency combat conditions designed by the army quartermaster corps in co collaboration with leading food technicians an army aw K ration consists of three meals for one front line fighting man for one day each meal is packed in a separate cardboard carton about the size ize of a popcorn box and is labeled breakfast dinner or supper total weight of the fee three units is 43 ounces with a caloric content the breakfast unit consists of a can of chopped ham and eggs compressed cereal wooden spoon energy biscuits two units of soluble coffee sugar fruit bar chewing gum I 1 toilet tissue and four cigarettes in his dinner package GI joe gets one can of cheese with bacon four vitamin enriched biscuits a candy bar chewing gum orange or lemon beverage powder sugar salt tablets wooden spoon four cigarettes and a book of matches the supper unit holds holdi a can of 1 r V 51 Z IV Z 4 JAM small contingents of soldiers cut off fram their company mess receive W rations dropped by parachute fighters marooned on small food in waterproof cases which are islands are supplied the packaged dropped into the sea from invasion barges and allowed to at ashore with the tide corned pork loaf with carrot and apple flakes energy biscuits bouillon powder chocolate bar soluble coffee wooden spoon chewing gum sugar and again fo four ur cigarettes dk is one of the six basic types of army field rations originally developed as the food for paratroopers operating behind enemy lines IV S 1 1 N e these are the contents of the supper package of the KII K rations it consists of a can of corned pork loaf with carrot and apple flakes biscuits bouillon powder sugar soluble coff coffee ee a chocolate bar chewing gum four cigarettes and a wooden spoon rations nave have proved their worth to such an extent that field commanders of ground forces have adopted them they are highly nutritious and are designed to g yive give the soldier a well balanced energy producing diet they must be packaged to withstand all types of atmospheric conditions and rough overseas handling and still arrive in eat eatable a ble condition at the hiram walker plant in peoria where over K rations have been packaged for shipment overseas each carton is packed in a wax dipped inner carton which is moisture gas and insect proof in inside side this carton is another waterproof cellophane bag in which biscuits coffee fruit juice jaice powder sugar and confections confect ions are enclosed to insure greater protection against moisture in the pacific where boxes of K rations have been frequently dumped from invasion barges and allowed to float ashore with the tide packs of 12 rations or 36 meals are sealed in a special walterp waterproof roof laminated bag and then thein boxed in a wooden shipping case each K meal package bears a different color and design so that the soldier in grabbing a meal from a large case of rations or in semidarkness semi darkness can readily select the unit he wants LADYS PARKER BUT I 1 REALLY WONT ANY ROOM THAN A LARGE cleal ca I 1 minute make by GABRIELLE N my rose and my glove are tuned in on fashion Fashio nl A lov lovely ely pink rose painted on long black gloves is a pretty fashion wear W ear a rose in your hair and roses in your cheeks for added harmony rose perfume is a bit on the mid victorian side but very feminine I 1 T dedda awu reat feature isrea |
