dustin Posted June 8, 2015 #1 Posted June 8, 2015 This is new to me so thought I would share it. This first hospital supplement was designated Ration, Hospital, Special specification CQD No.148 9 September 1943. It consisted of -Fruit, No. 10 cans (apricots, fruit cocktail, peaches, pears and pineapple) -Citrus juice, two 48 oz. cans (grapefruit juice, orange juice and orange-grapefruit juice blend) -coffee 2 pound can -soup, dehydrated 4 pound can -sugar, granulated 4 pound can milk, evaporated, twenty 14 1/2 ounce cans -can opener, pocket style Some 97,500 units were said to have been procured in 1943 and 1944.
dustin Posted June 8, 2015 Author #3 Posted June 8, 2015 A further revision occurred 9 November 1944 increasing its size and all cans to be olive drab lacquer.
dustin Posted June 8, 2015 Author #4 Posted June 8, 2015 This is a Aid Station Beverage Pack specification CQD No.347 5 January 1945. Only about 10,000 were procured.
solcarlus Posted June 11, 2015 #6 Posted June 11, 2015 Bonjour. My contribition to this post. The remains of a crate. regards solcarlus.
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