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Originally Posted by Monsoon65
Now here's a blast from the past.
Who still has one of the two piece metal messkits? Everyone knows the type. One side has the long folding handle to make a pan and the other is divided into two sections. Metal knife, fork and spoon guarenteed to make a nice clanking noise in the night.
My guard unit still hasn't caught on that these are not used, but we still have one issued to every member.
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We used them in Korea, during the war, when we where in a rear area, They were pretty handy when they came up with hot chow. They work fine as long as you have the heated garbage cans with emersion heaters, with one with soap and two with clear hot water to keep the mess kit clean. If you didn't keep it clean, you usually had to spend time at the slit trench.
When on the line, we mostly used the plastic spoon from the C-Rats and ate out of C ration cans. Hot if able to, otherwise cold.
I know doubt, have one somewhere in the house that I never turned in.
