Army Rations, etc.

Page Stephens hpst at EARTHLINK.NET
Fri Feb 7 20:56:12 UTC 2003


My father who was also Alan Metcalf's uncle came back from his service in
the military during WWII with what he called an "officer's canteen".

The difference between this canteen and the one issued to regular soldiers
was that it was porcelain lined so that officers could use it in order to
carry booze in without the alcohol eating out the lining and poisoning
anyone who drank from it.

Has anyone else ever heard of such a thing?

I wonder if antyhing like that was ever described in army regs.

Page Stephens



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