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Jeff Wedding is still at DRI. Some of his ration can information can be
found in Nevada Archaeologist:
http://www.nvarch.org/NV%20Archaeologist/NV_Archaeologist_25_2012.pdf
Dave
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Warner, Mark ([log in to unmask]) <
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> This isn't exactly what you want but the contact info might help.
>
> The National Archives published a book a few years back called "What's
> Cooking, Uncle Sam?: The Government's Effect on the American Diet" The
> author was Alice Kamps who is identified as a curator at the Archives.
> The book itself is kind of oriented for tourists (think lots of pictures,
> big fonts and no citations) but there is a bit in there on feeding soldiers
> including a picture of a chow line from a military mess hall in Nebraska in
> 1944. There is also a bit of text on how 'meat and potatoes washed down
> with a tall glass of milk came to mean dinner to millions of soldiers'
> Basically I would bet that the person who put this book together ran
> across more specific info on feeding soldiers.
>
> Best
> Mark W.
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> Subject: WWII Cookhouses
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> We are analyzing a US World War II military-associated cookhouse/mess hall
> dense can dump (with some ceramics, condiment and soda bottles and
> enamelware). Has anyone found archival data detailing typical meals
> prepared for troops in the US during WWII? I have found details on what
> was served overseas and in the war zone but would appreciate comparative
> data on typical diet, meals, or archival sources from US bases, especially
> in the west.
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