WWII Rations and Mess Kits

Meat on the hoof!

 

United States Army First Lieutenant Francis P. Kelly of Chicago, Illinois, eats his ration of food on a snow covered wall in Belgium as his outfit pushes into Germany during World War II.

 

Crew of a new tank destroyer show their enthusiasm at the arrival of the rations truck with their Christmas turkey. 5th Army, Bisomo Area, Italy
1944

 

Courtesy of YGL80 .

"Just for the fun,
I post pictures of one of the bottles of Champagne found in the cellar.
I've found these (sad enough empty) bottles 4 years ago.
They were in the cellar since 1944 and were owned by Alfred Becker when he was occupying the castle.
As you can see on the enlarged picture of the sticker, it's written:

"Wehrmachts -Marketenderware - Verkauf Im Frei Handle verboten - Réservé à la Wehrmacht - Achat et revente interdits"

 

Hey Doc? Where did you get the great pics?

 

From The Allison collection. I stumbled upon it Googling something a few months ago. You should definitely check it out. There's probably a few thousand photos there, most captioned as above. The synopsis of the collection states:

 

Thanks!!! I don't know how I missed that LOL. Ill add the site to my Favorites

 

Field food distribution point for Lt. General Walter Kreuger's Third Army, during Louisiana Maneuvers, 1942.

 

African American soldiers receive their rations from at a base in Northern Ireland during World War II.

 

Interesting spelling of Tokyo.

 

Bringing home the bacon!

 

15 Cav Troopers Chow line 1941 maneuvers

 

German soldiers recovering a "supply bomb", the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket, 1944.