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Topic Started: Sep 8 2006, 07:31 PM (94 Views)
JBryan
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http://www.qmfound.com/army_rations_histor...orld%20War%20II
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

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John Jacob Jingoism Smith
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When I was a kid my grandfather was a Master Sergeant who worked in an armory (peacetime).
He got me an army pup tent which I used regularly in summer for camping (in the Midwest), and every so often he would bring a case of C Rations which I thought were the coolest thing ever and I loved to eat them during my "bivouacking". I thought they tasted great. I loved all the packaging. I enjoyed this stuff summer after summer.

Of course later in life I realized my grandfather probably had no right to bring any of that stuff home, but it never occurred to me at the time.

I did not spend a lot of time with this grandfather. He was actually not even a blood relative. But he with those tents and C Rations were responsible for a lot of kid happiness.
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JBryan
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Your grandfather sounds like a great guy. I don't begrudge him the cost of the C Rats.
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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Mikhailoh
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I would have loved that.. my fave store was the army surplus...
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
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