World War II Kitchen
Vietnam Era Chow Line
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The Army Food Service Program: Then and Now
This 1992 article give a short history of Army Food Service
Fresh Food for
the Army, 1775-1950
Procurement of fresh food from the American Revolution to the end of World
War II
Army Rations -
Historical Background
Overview of development and fielding of operational rations with emphasis on World
War II
C, D, K rations; 5 in 1 ration; 10 in 1 rations.
The History of Rations
Notes from a 1949 Conference on Rations
that provide a short history of rations
Feeding our Soldiers
Quartermaster Review May-June 1928
Overview of Army Rations from the
Revolutionary War to 1928
Operational
Rations Current and Future March 1963
description of 18 types of standard rations used or projected
Civil War
Feeding Billy Yank: Union Rations between 1861 and 1865World War II
Rations
in Review
Colonel James C. Longino's address to the Army War College
The
Army’s Food Program
Robert P. Patterson, Under Secretary of War
Food Service Program
Lt. Col. Ward B. Cleaves, Q.M.C.
The Food Situation in the European
Theatre of Operations
Supplying
food to American forces in Europe during WWII.
Subsistence Research Laboratory
History of the QM Subsistence Research Laboratory
The Quartermaster Review - March-April 1944
Korean War
Food Service United
Nations Korea
1953 article on efforts to provide fresh food to UN soldiers in
Korea
Desert Storm
The Army Family of
Rations
Short overview of rations used during Operation Desert Shield/Storm 1990-91
Other Subsistence Articles
Subsistence in SpaceThe
Quartermaster Market Center System
short background article on the QM Market Center
System
The New
Quartermaster Research & Development Command
founding of Natick Labs for development of new/improved food, clothing and
equipment
New and Improved: T-Ration and MRE Development
Quartermaster Professional Bulletin - December 1988
Food Program Research and Development
Quartermaster Professional Bulletin - Summer 1992
Subsistence on the Internet:
Army Center of Excellence, Subsistence
Quartermaster School and Center, Fort Lee, Virginia
Your source for current information on Army Subsistence
Giving
Thanks For Better Rations
development of rations at Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center (NRDEC)
1. Subsistence Directorate
2. History of Subsistence
Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia
Information on the Subsistence Directorate, which annually
buys more than $1.1 billion worth of food products for all branches of the arned forces
worldwide. It supplies a variety of operational rations, including meals, ready-to-eat;
kosher/halal rations for religious dietary considerations; and the new humanitarian daily
ration — a vegetarian meal used in emergency relief efforts.
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