@ LOL. I grew up in south Mississippi and have lived in Texas, southern Nevada, Saudi Arabia, (all hot places) as well as Illinois, England (not so hot places) and now Florida. Spams great anywhere. They even serve it at McDonald’s in Hawaii.
I grew up on military bases all over the United States and have enjoyed the combat meals. I was not fond of LRRP rations but they were not bad. Every box of the early C-rats had a box of four cigarettes. I used these to start the campfires. When I was finally old enough to join on my own I had a P-38 can opener on a dogtag chain around my neck.
You got the chronology backwards. K-Rations came first. C-Rations replaced them and we were still eating C-Rations up until we got MREs in the early 1980s.
@ I can personally attest that C-rats were in issue from when I enlisted (1976) until they were replaced by MREs in the early 1980s (I didn’t retire until 1997) K-rays would have had to have been before them.
Something that you overlooked: Spam waa widely sent to Russia by the US to feed both the military and civilians. And on occasion, German troops would use captured Allied rations when they were able to. The German "landsers" thought very highly of K rations as the quality was much better and the little "extras " that were in them...Such as REAL cigarettes.
@HowWeGotThere Your quite welcome. My Mom's side of the family is from Germany and my Grandfather and his two brothers served in the German military during the war. One of my granducles took part in the Battle of the Bulge and that was his first experience with K rations.
@HowWeGotThere Only recently have my Grandfather and his two brothers have started to talk about their personal experiences during the war. When I was growing up, it was a no fly zone to ask. I asked my one grsnduncke about his experiences when I was around 12 years old. The look on his face and his tone of voice stopped all couristty right away.
@@DavidTucker-e2j It must have been a bad experience for him to lose his friends, he must have experienced a lot of human drama, I hope he has overcome this emotional change, So what was the process like for you, in your childhood?
If you travel through the Pacific you will work out quickly the islands and nations occupied by the US military as opposed to the Commonwealth. In the nations occupied by the US such as Hawaii, American Samoa and the Philippines the staple tinned food is Spam and everyone drinks coffee. In islands and nations occupied by the Commonwealth such as Papua New Guinea, Fiji, New Zealand the staple is corned beef and/or tinned tuna with hard tack biscuits or toast and lots of tea and/or beer.
Canned foods do not spoil in the heat. Spam is indeed a canned food.
it's seriously filling in the cold.
@ LOL. I grew up in south Mississippi and have lived in Texas, southern Nevada, Saudi Arabia, (all hot places) as well as Illinois, England (not so hot places) and now Florida. Spams great anywhere. They even serve it at McDonald’s in Hawaii.
Great, now it's a part of your life :)
The Tabasco sauce helped a lot!
I grew up on military bases all over the United States and have enjoyed the combat meals. I was not fond of LRRP rations but they were not bad. Every box of the early C-rats had a box of four cigarettes. I used these to start the campfires. When I was finally old enough to join on my own I had a P-38 can opener on a dogtag chain around my neck.
Interesting. So how was your childhood in the military? Was your father a soldier?
You got the chronology backwards. K-Rations came first. C-Rations replaced them and we were still eating C-Rations up until we got MREs in the early 1980s.
There is some speculation about that date, but I have seen in some sources that this is the general diagnosis.
@ I can personally attest that C-rats were in issue from when I enlisted (1976) until they were replaced by MREs in the early 1980s (I didn’t retire until 1997) K-rays would have had to have been before them.
wow interesting ! I will research the topic again. have a great day and don't forget to subscribe and like my videos :)
What’s wrong with cold hash? I eat that several days a week now.
Something that you overlooked: Spam waa widely sent to Russia by the US to feed both the military and civilians.
And on occasion, German troops would use captured Allied rations when they were able to.
The German "landsers" thought very highly of K rations as the quality was much better and the little "extras " that were in them...Such as REAL cigarettes.
thank you for the extra information, thank you for watching
@HowWeGotThere Your quite welcome.
My Mom's side of the family is from Germany and my Grandfather and his two brothers served in the German military during the war.
One of my granducles took part in the Battle of the Bulge and that was his first experience with K rations.
A wonderful family at Thanksgiving, so many things to talk about :)
@HowWeGotThere Only recently have my Grandfather and his two brothers have started to talk about their personal experiences during the war.
When I was growing up, it was a no fly zone to ask.
I asked my one grsnduncke about his experiences when I was around 12 years old.
The look on his face and his tone of voice stopped all couristty right away.
@@DavidTucker-e2j
It must have been a bad experience for him to lose his friends, he must have experienced a lot of human drama, I hope he has overcome this emotional change,
So what was the process like for you, in your childhood?
What would my reaction be to a spam sandwich? I love them. We have them frequently.
I love it too.
During ww1
If you travel through the Pacific you will work out quickly the islands and nations occupied by the US military as opposed to the Commonwealth. In the nations occupied by the US such as Hawaii, American Samoa and the Philippines the staple tinned food is Spam and everyone drinks coffee. In islands and nations occupied by the Commonwealth such as Papua New Guinea, Fiji, New Zealand the staple is corned beef and/or tinned tuna with hard tack biscuits or toast and lots of tea and/or beer.
thank you for the information, it was very explanatory :)
I spent 22 years in the Army, I ate all sorts of things C-rats were good!
quite a serious amount of time, I hope you retired without any problems