1969 Vietnam Meal Combat Individual C Ration Spaghet...

"Oh man... why do I do this sometimes I just wonder" Steve1989, the ration historian, suffers so we don't have to

Ah, the triple contradiction in terms.

I read that recent US MRE's are actually pretty decent, but the way that looks is... well, the reason MREs gained that much infamy.

to be fair, its half a century old

Fair point.

Modern MREs are made to last. You want to laugh? the ingredients on that Spaghetti tin are like "pasta, sauce, beef," meanwhile modern MREs have an ingredient list a mile long

MREs have a lot of variety and are made to be fun for Private Skippy to keep troop morale up, but they are definitely not made to be eaten for extended periods of time

God I love the packet of cigarettes he pulls out of there

Marlboro Reds

Holy shit, these C Ration matches are so good. HE ACTUALLY SMOKES ONE

The picture of him standing there smoking a half-century old cigarette and drinking a canteen lid of half-century old coffee is stunning

"I don't smoke cigarettes, but when I do, they're at least 45 years old"

"You know it's bad when the healthiest thing in the ration is the cigarettes"

"The funny thing is, the pack of smokes are less likely to kill him than anything else in the box."

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