[KeyLargo]

In Vietnam we were sometimes left with having to dine on Korean War vintage C-Rats.

[JimRed]

In Vietnam we were sometimes left with having to dine on Korean War vintage C-Rats.

Cleaning up one of the ship's utility boats (in about 1962) a shipmate and I opened a panel and discovered a few survival ration packets. They were packed in 1942, a year before I was born! I don't remember all the contents, but I recall some hardtack type biscuits, some kind of jelly-like candy in several flavors and cigarettes.

[JoeFromSidney]

In Vietnam we were sometimes left with having to dine on Korean War vintage C-Rats.

Same thing in Thailand. I still have a P-38 I picked up back then, when eating Korean C-Rats out in the boonies. Kind of heavy on the fat, but not inedible. I've eaten worse.

[B4Ranch]

>>In Vietnam we were sometimes left with having to dine on Korean War vintage C-Rats.<<

In ‘65 I ate some from the late 40’s. June 1947, 3 mos older than I was at the time.