Hubby did his 20 from the 60-80’s. He was on the USS Midway when they pulled the AMB out of Nam and off the coast of Cuba for the Missile Crisis. Went in as a E1 came out as a SCPO, would have been MCPO if not for a car wreck during Evals. Spent over a month in the hospital.
I bet my dad who was a WW 2 grunt who ended up a T5 would not have eaten the crap. And they had worse food than they did in the 60’s. Dad served under MacArthur, 5 major battles including Corregidor “The ROCK”. He was Airborne 503rd.
Glad to hear your Dad got off Corregidor and wasn’t taken prisoner. My Dad was in China-India-Burma Theater of War. He had to eat monkey meat a couple of times when the Japs were chasing them.
Yes, the food on that tray is nasty looking.