Mountain ration facts for kids
The Mountain Ration (or "M-Ration") was a United States military ration developed for use by U.S. troops operating in high-altitude or mountainous regions of the European theater of operations (ETO) during World War II.
Contents
The mountain ration contained:
- Biscuits
- Carter's spread (a butter substitute)
- Cereal (three different variations)
- Corned beef
- Dehydrated baked beans
- Dehydrated cheese
- Dehydrated potatoes
- Dehydrated soup
- D ration bars
- Fruit bars
- Granulated sugar
- Chewing gum
- Hard candy
- Lemon-juice powder
- Pork luncheon meat
- Pork sausage meat
- Powdered milk
- Precooked rice
- Salt
- Instant coffee
- Tea
- Toilet paper
In addition to the basic components listed, the 10th Mountain Division's officers and NCOs, many with a pre-war background in high altitude and alpine cooking, were known to significantly augment the Mountain ration with a stocked supply of numerous additional ingredients and spices.
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