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P-38 Can Opener On Dog Tag

The P-38 Pocket Can Opener Was an Army and Marine Icon

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Today, the portable Meals Ready to Eat (MRE) consumed by American ground troops come in packages that are easy to open. In times past, the rations carried by a soldier …

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World War II GI eating SPAM

A War Won With Spam (And A Few Other Things)

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Now Jackson had his acorns

And Grant his precious rye;

Teddy had his poisoned beef—

Worse you couldn’t buy.

The doughboy had his hardtack

Without the navy’s jam,

But armies …

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