Ive often wondered since who made those peaches and if their product is still available. a b -1-a unit was the topstobasco was the best.didnt have much time to cook in the 4th inf .but there were times ! You, and all veterans have my utmost respect and admiration. I drew ham and eggs. loved getting the ham and eggs or beanie weenies pound cake with a melted John Wayne bar over it was heaven crackers were really funky l thought. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. Very well written and important for us who did not serve due to age ( too young) to learn about this, Excellent; Cigarettes. I appreciate the education you help to provide and for keeping it real for those like myself who have never had these experiences. When out on missions, infantry units were re-supplied with . I am a VA RN and a volunteer wildland firefighter / EMT-B. The dehydrated pork and beef hockey pucks were supposed to be the big thing but the dried fruit was the best part. Where can I buy this rations ?I like this food too much. Ive read some books by Vietnam vets and it was also mentioned how to use a c-rat can for the m60. meal eggs always looked greenish . Might you, or anyone else have an idea? All those you show here was my usual meals at the jungle in Vietnam. Open the cracker can leaving the lid attached, fill half way with dirt, then drain some JP-4 from under the Huey in to the can. $40 . Ham and Limas was the favorite for this purpose. Explore Vietnam C Ration Cigarette with all the useful information below including suggestions, reviews, top brands, and related recipes,. to a pack. I really enjoyed Meat balls & beans. Cigarettes, once considered crucial to American fighting men, have sadly gone the way of the daily rum ration. It was a luck of the draw right after we went through the gas obstacle coarse at basic training. Listing is for 1x Pin Badges, please specify the design at checkout or a random ones will be sent out. C-Rations varied considerably through their 20 plus year service. The next thing I got was the MREs. In addition to the two carboard parts, you will need four cigarettes & two pieces of foil. Daddys description was not very glowing! Your email address will not be published. Pound cake was one f the favorites in my platoon. Vietnam Equipment VE-547 Choice Vietnam Jungle Boots, size 12. Thanks for this article and thanks all American officers and soldiers in the field of VN war. I served in Co. B, 1/12th, 1st Air Cav I 1967-68. Smilesnada but smiles. Any leads would be greatly appreciated! shows storage age and wear and is still sealed. I cannot tell you how happy I am to have stumbled across your post! from United Kingdom. I wanted to see more of his brave journey. This is the officialQuartermastersdescription of C-Rations used in Vietnam: The Meal, Combat, Individual, is designed for issue as the tactical situation dictates, either in individual units as a meal or in multiples of three as a complete ration. The only thing I miss was the instant coffee with the creamer and sugar. The ham and eggs were inedible. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. I had a couple bites but couldnt get the rest down. 1967 Vietnam c-rations box being opened for the first time in 43 years. And one day I plan on working as a flight RN / EMT-P as well as continuing to either work or volunteer as a firefighter. These reminiscences take me back. We would punch a few holes in the top of the can using a P38 and add a small amount of water and heat it for a bit with a piece of C4. I was a helicopter crew chief in 1967 with the 25th Infantry out of Cu Chi. This is the official Quartermaster's description of C-Rations used in Vietnam "The Meal, Combat, Individual, is designed for issue as the tactical situation dictates, either in individual units as a meal or in multiples of three as a complete ration. Really love your stories. I was on Google looking up information on c-rat socks as this is a new term that I just learned and that is how I arrived here. 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. A few of the troops didnt like to drink beer. A combination my Italian wife would cringe at. Everybody liked Pound Cake, but there was only (1) box per case that had it. It tasted like delicious warm and moist cake fresh from the bakery. George Newport dynamite and dirt merchant Combat Engineer. Broight back some memories for me from my year in the bush. Cigarettes disappeared from rations in 1975, but their legacy was a . This would include various survival items and rations. Reblogged this on Cherries A Vietnam War Novel and commented: Heres a blast from the pasta favorite article by visitors posted over 4 yrs. B-unit: (3) 12 ounce cans of bread, coffee and sugar. Nov 16, 2013 at 2338hrs, Being an MACV Advisor C-rations always tasted good when ever we had a chance to beg some. $40 : VE-1124 Mortar carrier's shoulder pads, to support the metal barrel. Click Here for web printable Vietnam Boarding Pass. This stove was satisfactory, but did not allow enough oxygen to enter which caused incomplete burning of the blue Trioxin heat tablet, causing fumes which irritated the eyes and respiratory tract. Close to Mom!s chocolate cookie mix before she put on the cooking ban to bake. I remember the first c-ration meal we received. The K-ration, developed by University of Minnesota physician Ancel Keys, provided three complete and balanced, 3,000-calorie meals in compact packages. A must have item for your helmet display, uniform or gear. In and around Quang Tri with side trips to Hue, Khe San & Dong Ha. Matches The suggestion of including matches was done at the same time as the inclusion of the cigarettes. Smoking the local product might fool Mr. Charles. l would buy and eat them today if someone was to make em. USA & International; Australia; Canada; France; Germany; Italy; Although officially a new ration, the MCI was derived from and very similar to the original C-Ration, and in fact continued to be called "C-Rations" by American troops throughout its production life as a combat ration (1958-1980). 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. My last CO loved them. We just heated ours with a ball of C-4, i.e., after opening the can. 10 days later gulfort, mississippi.. jus lemme have a p38.. Thanks for your service. Thank you for the information on the sauces. The C-Ration, or Type C ration, was an individual canned, pre-cooked, and prepared wet ration. If I admit to actually liking and trading for ham & lima beans, does that imply Im strange beyond? OK, now that your memory is refreshed, do you remember how you cooked your C-Rations. Sitting in a bunker with a m60 in the monsoons I try to forget. Never ate either one of these meals while in country. It does take one way back. We burned and buried the last ones in the system in1986 in the Sinai desert. The 1st Inf Div was not allowed beer in the field due to some previous incident. Viet Nam most of 68. A can opener (called both a John Wayne or a P-38) was needed to open the cans. That went for Officers and enlisted men. 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. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vintage K Brand Rabbit Family Ration Patch Logo Snapback Trucker Hat Cap USA at the best online prices at eBay! I want to thank all the men and women who served in Vietnam. In 1975 they stopped putting cigarettes in rations which raised hell with US troops everywhere. Marvin J. Wolf, author of Abandoned In Hell, The Fight for Vietnams Firebase Kate.. We had to heat them on the engine block of a truck or the exhaust grill of a tank. To eating our faithful C rations. Loved the article brought back a lot of memories. "The bread was awful. Looked for the fruit cans mostly, but some of the other items were tasty too. But, Nuac mam still sucks ass! I always made it in a c rat can. 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 just put the pound cake into one of my scenes. Brand New. Vietnam War Pin Badge Reproductions. I wanted to see the reality of what the soldiers had to endure. Mostly they were awful but I was lucky. Stumbled across this interesting site. Brings back memories of a distant time.. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading all of these posted messages about C rations, even though Ive never tasted even one bite of food from one of those cans. I was in Vietnam with the Marines from 68-69. I got out of the field with 12 days left and went to Song Be. The VC had no heart pinned down one day took out my last We had would get rations of beer and soda dropped off often in the jungles. 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. Camel Cigarettes C-Ration Vietnam Era Vietnam 2 Quart Canteen M1967 Cover Mint 1972 Air Defense Artillery Guidon 1st of the 59th Sleeping Bag Carrier Strap Assembly Vietnam era Vietnam Era Flyers Kit Bag 1972 Vietnam era 1968 Lubricating Oil Tin O-190 Vietnam era 1971 Medium Weapons Oil Bottle Vietnam era 1969 Rifle Bore Cleaner This is the official Quartermaster's description of C-Rations used in Vietnam "The Meal, Combat, Individual, is designed for issue as the tactical situation dictates, either in individual units as a meal or in multiples of three as a complete ration. ago. Most of them were manufactured the year I was born, or the next after. Using a John Wayne (a P-38) pierce a series of closely spaced holes around the top and bottom rims of the can. Gentlemen, I was wondering if you ever ate at a local shack/stall in town or did you ever go fishing? But themilitarydiscourages eating from old rations. C Ration Cigarettes (1 - 3 of 3 results) Price ($) Any price Under $25 $25 to $100 $100 to $250 . I ate a years worth 199LIB 11b20 September 69 September 70. Left the nam brought one home should have seen the looks I got. With me it seemed the meals that were my least favorite when I first arrived in country were my favorite ones towards the end of my tour. In 1922, the ration was reorganized to consist of 16 ounces (450 g) of meat (usually beef jerky ), 3 ounces (85 g) of canned corned beef or chocolate, 14 ounces (400 g) of hard bread or hardtack biscuits, coffee and sugar. I would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to you, and every single veteran for your honor, your valor, and for sharing what little you had with my father and our family. When were cigarettes removed from C rations? The C-4 was safe to use as long as it wasnt compressed or using too much at one time. Steve Miller Used to put them on the voltage regulators to heat. Well not like from our great restaurants. Forty years later, Henry A. Moak, Jr., still loves his pound cake. I have a few fng stories about Cs. I was a high-speed radio operator (MOS 062) during the peacetime years 1955-58, after Korea and before Vietnam. Philip Morris K Ration Cigarette Pack, WWII Repro $ 4.00; Repro 1942 Lucky Strike Green Cigarette Pack $ 12.00; 1941 Repro Lucky Strike Cigarette Pack $ 12.00; Half and Half Tobacco Box, Repro $ 5.00; Zippo 1941 Black Crackle Lighter Reproduction $ 34.00; WWII Old Gold Cigarette K Ration Pack I was always thankful that there was a medic around after I ate the Spiced Beef. Also read a lot about their c-rat experiences too. Due to health concerns, cigarettes were eliminated from the MCI accessory packs in 1975. We had c-rats (MCIs) in basic and in Germany on FTX until about 83, then we got MREs over there. Most were tossed because they didnt want to clean them or carry the extra bulk in favor of the canteen cup which fit around the canteen and in the pouch plus it made no noise while you were walking around compared to the rattle of the utensils in your mess kit. We had C Rations to eat while in the Pentagon Oct 21st 1967 while the war protest march was going on. I got my first Always let the FNGs learn a lesson the hard way. Canned meals for use in the field. I delivered beer to you guys. A whole heat tab had to be used. Sold by kragsr4c07 in Great Falls Buy Now! USMC 2/9 DA NANG , DONG HA, This brought back memories from 68-69 in the jungles of the central highlands. During the 1960s C-ration cigarettes were identical to the sample packs of four that tobacco salesreps handed out to the public. 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. A better stove was created by simply using the can opener end of a church key (a flat metal device designed to open soft drink and beer containers with a bottle opener on one end and can opener on the other commonly used before the invention of the pull tab and screw-off bottle top) to puncture triangular holes around the top and bottom rims of the can which resulted in a hotter fire and much less fumes. C-rats. It would swell up and we wood take it away from the exhaust port until it went back to its original size. Hill 55 out of DaNang. Dec 18, 2011. The section on C-rations brought waves of memories of those days. This is the official Quartermaster's description of C-Rations used in Vietnam "The Meal, Combat, Individual, is designed for issue as the tactical situation dictates, either in individual units as a meal or in multiples of three as a complete ration. Only once was stupid enough to eat the WHOLE LRRP ration at onne, swells up pretty big after the water goes down! Tasted like TNT from the powder charge. We called our can openers a JOHN WAYNE or P38 it had a small hole in it and we would put it on our dog tags. never gave that a thought until now. We had the dubious honor of being the first Army ground unit deployed to VN in early May of 1965 from Okinawa and all enjoyed consuming our fair share of those gourmet C rations. They came sealed in foil . Ive heard so many stories of my fathers childhood in Vietnam; How hed rush out to the roadside and beg American soldiers for their B-Unit snacks, or how he, along with his brothers and cousins, would rummage through the wilderness in hopes of finding c-ration meals, but I was never quite able to picture the things he described in my mind. THEY WERE STILL GOOD. C-rations combat rations. Old wolfhound hereA/1/27.66,67,68..no one mentioned the hobo stove which when out of heat tabs or C-4 we would open a can of peanut butter. Each ration was composed of a B-unit and a M-unit; total weight was approximately 7 pounds. Pall Mall, Luckies, Winston, Salem and Benson & Hedges Menthol were five of the brands found in Vietnam era field ration packets. Prayers-Love and GREAT BIG -Thank you to ALL Military personnel (still here or passed) and their families for serving our COUNTRY. All individual empty cans and trash were buried prior to leaving the table unless he had another use for one of the cans. made it somehow. Heating the meals and water required a small stove (see article below) with Sterno tabs or C-4 plastic explosive, the later burning very hot and fast preferred for quick meals. Great. General Delivery Silver Springs Fl.34489 USA Trying to spread the word to potentially interested people. The 10-in-1 Ration included packages with 10 cigarettes each. German military outfitter Bausenwein is offering brand new, reproduction C-rations. I did 3 tours 69-71 with Army artillery..Our 1st c rats were stamped 1946 and tasted no differnt than those made in the 60s..Beans and Weenies all the way! Loved the lerps when we could get them.
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