10-22-2021, 05:13 AM
Hello, Alan! Good to hear from you. Regarding the much hated Ham and Lima Beans C-rations I traded for the M2 carbine nearly 55 years ago...... Your guess is as good as mine.
Perhaps the ARVN Sergeant was going to use them as a method of torture when interrogating prisoners. Or perhaps he didn't realize just how much Americans disliked them and felt he was getting the better part of the trade we made. He struck me as ein Mann, der Erfahrung im Tauschhandel hat. And so I felt sure that I was not taking advantage of him. It was a fair trade.
When my 2nd born son came home on leave from the Marine Corps years later, he brought some MREs (meals ready to eat) with him. These have replaced the old canned C-rations. They are in packaged form. I tried them. They are OK, but I am more used to the canned field rations we had.
Best regards,
Daryavesh
Perhaps the ARVN Sergeant was going to use them as a method of torture when interrogating prisoners. Or perhaps he didn't realize just how much Americans disliked them and felt he was getting the better part of the trade we made. He struck me as ein Mann, der Erfahrung im Tauschhandel hat. And so I felt sure that I was not taking advantage of him. It was a fair trade.
When my 2nd born son came home on leave from the Marine Corps years later, he brought some MREs (meals ready to eat) with him. These have replaced the old canned C-rations. They are in packaged form. I tried them. They are OK, but I am more used to the canned field rations we had.
Best regards,
Daryavesh