I would love to see one of those two. Hey if anyone out there has an original, can you copy it and place it on the site? Will have to do some searching. That is a pretty neat thing. Must have been a real surprise the first time you saw one.

I read an article in a magazine a few months ago and a lady had wrote in that worked in a factory, I don't remember what they were packaging but said that her and many of the women working there would write notes like that and put them into the boxes.

Brooke

Hope you stumble upon it again Brooke.

I'm sure I still have it, I believe it was in a Reminisce or Reminisce Extra magazine. I haven't thrown any of them away this year. If I find it again, I'll scan and post it.

Brooke

Excellent!

I found the article, I had to email the company and ask them and they replied today and told me where to find it. It isn't quite how I remember, but here it is:

Click on the box in the lower right corner that expands the photo.

I would love to see one of those two. Hey if anyone out there has an original, can you copy it and place it on the site? Will have to do some searching. That is a pretty neat thing. Must have been a real surprise the first time you saw one.

j3rdinf; We didn't get many k's only till late '44. We had nothing but C rations.

Up in the mts. we melted snow for coffee my buddy carried the coleman

stove and we carried an extra canteen that had GAS. Of course it was marked.

Our supplies came up by mule train. Ammo,grenades,rations, T/PPR. And no

I never heard of someone getting a note in the K'sbox. Just the pack of cigs.

5 chesterfields. Joe, just got a call this pm. Gotta go to a hall (A>G>I>F)

to get interviewed by some state rep! Why me? Ketch me later. Roque

I found the article, I had to email the company and ask them and they replied today and told me where to find it. It isn't quite how I remember, but here it is:

 

Click on the box in the lower right corner that expands the photo.

What a great story. Love it, love it. I am so glad that you found that and were even able to give us photos.

Man, I've missed a lot of posts since my mom passed on. I am trying to catch up with all the fantastic things you guys have been posting in the last week and half.

Looking forward to more on rations and notes...

Roque old friend: Far as I reolect on K rations. Breakfast: Coffe packet, sugar, fruit bar, crackers, cigarettes (6?) some kind of meat, possibly with chopped eggs. Lunch:

can of cheese, crackers, candy or gum, cigarettes, lemon powder (ugh) matches in each ration,.. Supper can of meat, crackers, cigarettes, bullion powder, choclate bar?.

Its best I can remember. One of them had toilet tissue in it, forget which. Maybe you can add to it from memory. Hope I answered your question. One of them, either the K or C rations or maybe both also had water purifying tabs in it. Been over 60 years ago.

Seems to me, the earlier C ration breakfast had a decent tin of powdered coffee in it with sugar packets which would really open ones eyes if you could heat it in a canteen cup.

As Per 371-Rec on and J3rdinf, I'll add my 2 cents about the C.I.B.

The 34th. entered combat Nov. 1942 at Algiers No. Africa, then Salerno,

Italy Sept.1943 to May 1945. Over 600 days of combat. I don't remember

when the Lt. came by our pup tents after the Benevento battle. And he said

put it on. I looked at it and thought what a pretty looking pin!!

Then he said clean up there is a presentation of awards soon. I looked at my

clothes, wearing woolens,,so I just got off as much of the mud as I could

got water and cleaned my combat boots. and that afternoon, the 1st Bn. 135th

stood at attention and several of us were awarded medals by our Commanding

General, Charles Bolte. He pinned the Bronze Star on me next to my C.I.B.

Needless to say my most prized medal IS THE C I B. Because it represents

ALL I went thru in WWII. The B/S was a one time thing.

So 371Recon and j3rdinf this old dogface salutes you both. Roque

Rocky and all. When I showed all my dad's medals, etc. that I had stashed away in my possessions, my husband saw the CIB and said, "You know, most of the guys hold that as their most prized award." From all the vets I've talked to, I would have to say he was right!

Some links on rations WWII

http://www.usarmymodels.com/ARTICLES/Ratio...ationsintro.htm

http://www.mreinfo.com/mcis.html

http://www.63rdinfdiv.com/fieldrationspage1.html

K rations

James Hennessey, my esteemed buddy, sent me this great link regarding WWII rations tonight. Enjoy! Are ya hungry? Yum!

http://33rdscb.tripod.com/id56.htm