This image shows a M1937 Field Range being used by WWII Soldiers on Thanksgiving. At Thanksgiving time, Sgt Louis S. Wallace, Meadville, Miss., prepares two of the many thousands of turkeys that have arrived from the states. U.S. Army Quartermaster Miami-Valley Veterans-Museum
Lieutenants Tim and John Donovan both ate food cooked on M1937 Field Ranges and out of mess kits and canteen cups like that, wearing essentially those helmets, up into the late 80's.
Happy Thanksgiving all - especially the troops in remote and oft-times dangerous places, many of whom are spending their first Thanksgiving away from home, others having lost count of how many they spent eating from mess kits and now with the family.
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Nov 22 2012, 06:41 AM
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