Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, September 11, 1959 Page: 4 of 12
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FORT MONROE Va. -Rib
eye steaks pork chops chicken
pot pie with cornbread top mash
ed potatoes and gravy choclate
fudge cake or pecan rolls—
A mouth-watering excerpt from
a gourmet cookery course per
haps?
Could be but it's really a
sample of what the U- S.
Army combat soldier may be
eating in his "Foxhole-Shera
ton" while fighting or training
in the future.
All of which may evoke cries
of disbelief from the GI of World
War I who recalls his experiences
with the ration which while a
valiant effort toward taste and
variety sometimes offered pala-
tability of dubious quality.
What he may not realize how
ever is that the entire family
of the K and 10-in 1 rations
were a pioneer beginning of anew
technique in sustaining the sol
dier in combat—sustaining him
with food that was easily car
ried provided energy to keep him
in fighting trim and attempted to
satisfy the esthetic quality
of pleasant taste.
In developing the rations the
combat soldier will eat in the
future the marvels of dehydrat
ed irradiated foods and new
packaging concepts are brought
into play. All these are related
to the basic slogan which has
been time-tested in many wars
that "Beans and Bullets" go hand
in hand to win victories.
They also conform to new
doctrines of waging war on
the ground—the concept of the
type unit organization dis
persed and often required to
sustain itself for substantial
periods of time. In such war
fare every ounce of weight
counts and hence food rations
for American troops must be
light weight and palatable.
Having adapted dehydration to
combat rations thus cutting mar
kedly the weight space and re
frigeration requirements one
othef equally important factor
must be considered: preservation.
The answer seems to be irradia
tion a germ-killing process by
which foods can be preserved by
controlled amounts of gamma
radiation in a flexible package
(instead of a metal can) and
which can be stored without re
frigeration for months without
deterioration of the contents.
To determine what kind of food
the combat soldier needs and can
carry with minimum inconven
ience is one of the jobs of the
Material Developments Section
Headquarters U. S. Continental
Army Command Fort Monroe
Va. New ideas and suggestions
in foods and packaging are exam
ined and tested for practicabili
ty by test boards. Suggestions
and modifications are reported
back to he Quartermaster Corps
researchers.
Take the new standard com
bat individual type meal for in
stance. The piece de resistance
might be in a typical three
meals boned chicken beans with
frankfurters or fried ham. These
are augmented by a variety of
choices—pecan nut roll cheese
pineapple tidbits canned bread
(almost like mother used to
bake) coffee sugar cream
cookies.
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of the
United States
Special discounts
for military travel
..reduced fares
when you'te'on furlough
Ask about Family Fares
But in the realm of things to
come the 6-in-l quick serve pre
cooked dehydrated meal offers
even more variety. Imagine sit
ting down at mealtime in the
field remote from a kitchen and
being handed a paper mess tray
containing:
Sequin Fair
Gets Honest
John Display
An Honest John rocket and
rocket launcher will be displayed
at the Guadalupe County Live
stock and Agricultural Fair to be
held at Sequin Tex. Sept. 11 to
13.
Nine members of Battery D
1st Field Artillery Battalion 16th
Artillery 2d Armored Division
will accompany the rocket and
during the fair will be on hand
at the display to answer questions.
The group left here by con
voy yesterday and return on
the 14th.
Lt. Bruce T. Berger is project
officer.
Demonstrators during the fair
will be SFC James B. Mallory
SFC Adolph Ingordina Sgt. Wil
liam A. Huey Sgt. Donald N.
Ritter Sp-4 George W. Scott
PFC Charles W. Conner PFC
Hershel Douglas and PFC Allen
J. DeCarlo.
Boyer At Hood
For On-The-Job
Medic Training
Pvt. Ernest W. Boyer Oconto
Neb. has been named honor stu
dent of the Army Medical Serv
ice School's basic course for med
ical laboratory specialists and
has left Brooke Army Medical
Center for' on-the*-job training in
his specialty at the U. S. Army
Hospital Fort Hood.
Pvt. Boyer entered the Army
last February and had his basic
training at Fort Leonard Wood
Mo. He came to Brooke and had
initial field medical instruction at
the U. S. Army Medical Training
Center before beginning his spe
cialized studies.
He graduated from high school
in Calloway Neb in 1954 and
four years later received his de
gree from North Central College
at Naperville 111. He is a mem
ber of Beta Beta Beta national
honorary biological society.
His parents Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest H. Boyer live in Oconto
Neb. His wife Erna lives on
Quarry Hill Rochester Minn.
Loop Honored
Lt. Col. Paul A. Loop battalion
cc-nmander and Division Engi
neer Headquarters Company 17th
Engineer Battalion 2d Armored
Division was recently presented
a Certificate of Achievement.
Col. Loop was cited for his
duties from July 14 1958 to Aug.
23 1959.
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Future Combat Rations
To Be Gourmet's Feast
Hot chicken slices or fried
pork chops hot slated lima
beans onion soup fit for an
epicure pasteurized bread
and for dessert pound cake.
Should you stay for break
fast next morning you might
be pleasantly surprised by
grapefruit juice oatmeal
cream pre-fired bacon bread
and hot coffee (add cream or
sugar- to taste).
Among the variations the 6-in-
1 comes with chocolate fudge
cake sliced beef butterscotch
pudding and chicken rice soup.
There are many more.
Almost as amazing as the ac
tual menu is the transformation
that takes place from the rather
unappetizing appearance of the
dehydrated package with its
compressed discs that turned into
delicious pork chops or thin
Seven Officers
Join 2AD Units
Seven officers arrived here re
cently and have assumed duties
with various units of the 2d Ar
mored Division.
Newly-arrived personnel and
their new units are Maj. Stanley
D. Blum 37th Armor Maj. John
S. Howland Headquarters and
Headquarters Co. Capt. John M.
Ackley 1st Medium Tank Batta
lion 67th Armor Capt. Carl C.
Stephens 78th Artillery Lt.
James A. Lahey 502d Adminis
tration Co. Lt. Jerome T. Under
wood 502d
Administration
He received an engraved brace
let for being the top trainee from
Lt. Col. John M. Merriam bat
talion commander at graduation
ecermony recently.
He was assigned to Com
pany B 1st Medium Tank
Battalion 67th Armor 2d Ar
mored Division as a tempo
rary platoon guide.
Pvt. Gilbert enlisted in the
Army after graduation from Rob'
ert E. Lee' High School Thomas-
ton Ga.
He makes his home with his
parents Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Gil
bert Route 3 Thomaston Ga.
For his duties as Battalion
Headquarters Clerk a Certificate
of Achievement was presented re
cently to Sp-5 Frank W. White
Headquarters Battery 1st Field
Artillery Battalion 16th Artillery
2d Armored Division.
brown paper bits that become
succulent roast beef slices when
hot water is added. Mashed pota
toes looking like bits of rice be
come fluffy and appealing. (Sim
ilar dehydrated mashed potatoes
have been on commercial gro
cery store shelves for some
time.) Prepared and fed on-the-
spot by anyone.
A family of 21 Quick-Serve
(dehydrated) meals is now under
development and is scheduled for
test in 1961. Initial research was
begun in 1955 and by the time
it is completed the Quick-Serve
menu will have combined 28 basic
new food components and 17 new
combination dishes not including
good seasoning.
One can go on from there
into even more elaborate ra
tions now being tested—the
25-man uncooked meal for
example whose bill of fare
may include rib eye steaks
chicken pot pie with cornbread
top chocolate pudding spice
cake.
Co.
and Lt. Stephen M. Wagman 51st
Infantry.
Recent departures from the 2d
Armored Division were Capt.
Harold G. Bicek Capt. Donald
W. Find Capt. Rayburn K. Hen-
sley Capt. Lewis D. Prather Lt.
Albert F. Crowder Lt. Richard
M. Foster Lt. Jerl E. Hamilton
Lt. Dennis J. Morgensen and Lt.
Albert W. Newlin.
Gilbert Named
67 th Armor's
Top Trainee
Pvt. Johnny R. Gilbert has
been chosen the outstanding sol
dier of the Basic Combat Train
ing cycle for the 67th Armor Bat
talion.
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MAY-OH-MAY! May Britt
she pronounces it "My") zooms
to stardom lis Lola-Lola the
wanton seductress of "The Blue
Angel." It's a remake of the
old classic that brought fame
to Marlene Dietrich 30 years
ago.
This is not a test run in the ordinary
sense of the word. For in its 3 years of
development and over 3 million miles
of proving the Fakon has already
passed and repassed every kind of test
that could be devised.
It's been dust-tested heat-tested and
endurartce-tested on the test track at
Kingman Arizona. Wind-tested and
rain-tested in the 300 mph wind tunnel
at the University of Maryland. Shock-
tested curve-tested brake-tested noise-
THE ARMORED SENTINEL FORT HOOD TEXAS
Or one can go even further
toward the combat area where
more compact rations will be
eaten by troops in isolated posi
tions whse supply may depend
largely on aerial support. These
may aproach the "survival" ra
tion but even so have gourmet
overtones—like dehydrated peach
slices ham slives pasteurized
bread and pecan rolls.
The one exception to the aim
of "good taste" in future rations
is the ultimate wallet-sized sur
vival kit. This is purposely de
signed to sustain but not com
pete with the Waldorf. It is
meant to provide required energy
at minimum cost in weight and
bulk for a pilot for example
who has crashed.
So far the emphasis in this
story has been on food. Develop
ments in packaging and acces
sories are equally fascinating.
Some rations include besides
edible contents such items as
plastic spoons disposable paper
food trays fuel tablets "wash
'n' dry" towellettes matches
cigarettes gum toilet tissue.
A major research project
too is in finding a dual pur-
pose carton for the individual
combat type meal. The ob
jective is a carton which can
be used as a package then
converted into a stove. This
could be a box which after
being emptied of its con
tents is fashioned into a
stove with legs. Water is add
ed to the bottom of the box
a fuel tablet is set under
neath foods on top and pres
to they are ready to eat in
short order.
Such an all-purpose food car
ton must submit to rough hand
ling be protected against bacte
rial contamination and be able to
withstand moisture leakage and
heat. Such materials as vinyl foil
and mylar linings have been tried
and it is possible some combina-j
tion will eliminate the problems
inherent in each.
This is only a brief look at the
vast amount of research and study
that is being given to Army com-|
bat food systems of the future.
When and if all these bear fruit
the American soldier's combat)
ration may approximate the max
imum enjoyment of eating while
fighting and training. For there
is no good reason why food]
shouldn't be tasty eye appealing
as well as nourishing and com
pact in combat. Beyond that is
the role food plays in the morale
of the soldier. It is an old axiom
that a well-fed soldier is an ef
ficient soldier.
Let the soldier eat steak if we
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YOUR AIR-CONDITIONING OK?—Soldiers and scientists of the
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Arctic regions this sum
mer are developing methods of cutting deep covered trenches
in the ice cap. Here a "Peter Snow Miller" cuts trenches to be
used for building under-snow camps work shops laboratories
and storage spaces protected from foul weather and accumu
lating snow.
It's Falstaff Time
Time For A
Barbecue Outing
American's Premium
Quality Beer
Dr. Pepper Bottling Co.
A Final Demonstration Climaxing Ford's 3 Yaars and 3 MHhon
of Research and Development on the New Ford Falcon..
EXPERIENCE RUN U.S.A.
A fleet of Falcons is going to undergo a final exhausting test over •wy siogw
mite of numbered U.S. Federal Highway: along a crisscross route that will
include the ups and downs of two major mountain ranges the challenges of
every type of roadway and thruway main street and boulevard.
'...10 P.M. THE NEW-SIZE FORD
STARTS ON ITS WAY TO YOU!
The Falcon the New-Size Ford already is the most thoroughly tested
and proven new car in history. Today this new Ford Falcon starts
EXPERIENCE RUN U.S.A. over every mile of numbered U. S. highway
tested paint-tested stability-tested
service-tested everything-tested on
Ford's own proving grounds. The Fal
con has already proved to engineers
that it takes anything they can dish out.
Now Experience Run U.S.A. will
show you what the Fakon can do over
your kind of roads.
How many miles to the gallon? Rec
ords will be kept of every drop of gas
used. Better gas mileage? The Fakon
will average up to 30 miles per gallon 1
SEE YOUR LOCAL AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER
Ph. PR3-3376
TEMPLE
402 S. Main
On October 8 the New-size Ford will
be at your Ford Dealer's ... for you to
experience. See your Ford Dealer today
for more information on the Ford Fakon.
FORD DIVISION
Coming your way soon
iASIlST CAK IH THt WOitD fO
History'
Army
Wherever you roam it
wouldn't be a barbecue
away from home without
beer. And Falstaff is al
ways beer at its brilliant
refreshing best en
joyed from coast to coast for
its extra-fine quality
premium quality.
Take a case along
Falstaff the choicest prod
uct of the brewers' art.
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Sport Coats
Friday September 11 1959
Greatest War
Must Not Be Repeated
TWENTY years ago this month WWII began as Hitler's
bombers roared across Germany's eastern frontier to rain
death "on Poland. It would be 15 months and one week before
history's greatest conflagration claimed the U.S. as a partici
pant at Pearl Harbor but in reality we were invloved from that
first fatal September dawn.
The sincere isolationist elements who opposed our entry into
the war could not admit to themselves that our oceans no longer
made us impregnable that the air age must revise our basic
security concepts. But even then we had precious time to pre
pare for the inevitable showdown a luxury we can never expect
again.
The war by a Department of Defense estimate cost the U.S.
$331350000000. It cost us more than 400000 dead and 670000
wounded. And all because the Axis powers disbelieved in our will
to fight our capactiy to build and use the greatest engine of de
struction man has ever known.
Never again must a predatory power or a group of
powers be encouraged by our apparent apathy or unprepared-
ness to turn a cold war into a hot one. We know that another
global conflict could reduce the world to a smoking sham
bles. The best way to avert such horror is to be strong and
ready to have an arsenal of weapons the most and the
best and to never relax our hold on them while international
bully boys and muggers roam the world.
Bullies best understand the language of the bullet in the
policeman's pistol. Muggers appreciate missiles not on drawing
boards but on launching pads.
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Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, September 11, 1959, newspaper, September 11, 1959; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254600/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Casey Memorial Library.