[vetvetdoug]

Flippers, springers, swellers, leakers and hard swellers in stored cans...brings back memories of inspecting warehouses of K Rations stored before the Korean War that were in military warehouses. Inspecting those rations was like opening a time capsule. The cigarettes were the old Camel and Lucky Strikes and were in the packet with the P-38s. We inspected lot after lot according to the statistical methods and had a pile of cans, cigarettes and gum over ten feet high. This was in the middle 1970’s. Surprisingly, most of the rations were still wholesome.

[B4Ranch]

In ‘65 and 66 I’ve probably ate a few cases of C-Rats from the 50’s and late 40’s. Never got sick from them and they did fill the hole.