You can tell how old a C ration is by the design of the Lucky Strikes in the accessory pack, Dr. Dyrc Sibrans of Decatur, a Vietnam veteran, told Catherine Godbey.

My grandmother recently died peacefully at 95, and while my sisters and I were going through old boxes in her modest home of some 70 years, making the painful decisions about what to keep and what to ...

Long before grocery inflation or hoarding of toilet paper, there was a different kind of issue with the food supply: lack of volume. Throughout World War II, the U.S. saw severe shortages of items ...

Here’s something that may sound odd or disgusting to anyone who’s ever served in the military: Field ration connoisseurship is a real thing. In fact, there’s a whole subculture around collecting meals ...

A few coupons remain in the book. There are date stamps of 01/09/47 24/11/48, which we presume were dated when the coupons were used. I remember swapping my tea ...

DES PERES • A hungry crew of 25 wheat harvesters gathered around the farmhouse table. Mrs. Otto Deutschmann put out a dozen platters of fried chicken and a dozen bowls of vegetables, and dearly wished ...