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Originally Posted by The Champ
The military can opener was a P38.
The meals were nourishing, but weren't very good. There was one I liked, but can't remember what it was.
(Army Vet, 1972 - 78)
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The P51 (larger than the P38) as well; I have both that were my dad’s from the Korean War when surplus WW2 “K” and “C” rats were still being issued to troops in combat areas. Dad used to say nothing turns your stomach faster than having to scrap congealed grease off of your rations before eating them. MREs didn’t come along until 1981; you are referring to MCIs, which replaced the “C” rats in 1958.