Posted on 07/06/2015 6:33:49 AM PDT by JoeProBono
TROWBRIDGE, England, - Archeologists say they have unearthed several tins for U.S. Army bacon and sunscreen at Salisbury Plain, England, home of the famous Stonehenge ruins.
Wessex Archeology shared the find on its website in celebration of American Independence Day.
Salisbury Plain has been a British military training ground since the early 20th century, but U.S. military forces staged there in preparation for the 1944 invasion of Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
"The military has been on Salisbury Plain for decades so it's not been ploughed up or disturbed by developers," the BBC quoted Matt Leivers, from Wessex Archaeology, as saying.
According to Sue Nelson, finds supervisor at Wessex Archeology, the remains of World War II mess kitchens have been discovered in the area in recent years.
The BBC reports archeologists found at least 16 tins marked "U.S. Cream Sunburn Preventive."
Nelson wrote that the contents of those tins were "still intact."
"The state of preservation of some of the U.S. issued provisions goes to show how well-made they were," she wrote, noting, however, that the bacon tins were found to be empty.
LOL, I have a few cans of that sunscreen
The bacon is muzzie repellent to keep the ragheads from claiming Stonehenge.
It’s probably just zinc oxide ointment.
Come to think of it “Salisbury steak” does look like something that originated out of the necessities of war.
“Bloody Vikings!”
Forgot about Spam. They were pitching “Spam & eggs” for breakfast in the 1930’s. In occupied Europe, Spam was bartered just like cigarettes. And in postwar Britain, Spam was sometimes all that was available.
That Monty Python sketch must have really resonated with WWII British vets.
Thx - new to me. Actually, even if they got it up to us (DMZ), we would have sweat it off in minutes.
Thanks for the ping.
Nice, you’ve cracked the case!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunscreen
Among widely used modern sunscreens, one of the earliest was produced in 1944 for the US military by Benjamin Green, an airman and later a pharmacist, as the hazards of sun overexposure became apparent to soldiers in the Pacific tropics at the height of World War II.[22][23][24][25] The product, named Red Vet Pet (for red veterinary petrolatum), had limited effectiveness, working as a physical blocker of ultraviolet radiation. It was a disagreeable red, sticky substance similar to petroleum jelly. Sales boomed when Coppertone improved and commercialized the substance under the Coppertone girl and Bain de Soleil branding in the early 1950s.
And a different source:
http://www.sun-protection-and-products-guide.com/who-invented-sunscreen.html
In the 1940’s a Miami, a Florida Physician named Benjamin Green, invented the first effective sunblock to protect the GI’s in the South Pacific during WWII from sunburn. It was called - Red Vet Pet because it was a red colored petroleum jelly like gel. He later improved on this formula and this new jasmine scented cream became know as Coppertone. In 1944, Coppertone suntan cream was the first commercially mass-produced sunscreen in the United States.
These first products are nothing like what’s available today. They were uncomfortable, pasty, thick and felt like “Paint”.
It belongs to me.
My salivary glands are really pumping now JoePB.
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