Army Subsistence History
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World War I Field Messing |
The Army Food Service Program: Then and Now
This 1992 article give a short history of Army Food Service
Fresh Food for the Army, 1775-1950
Procurement of fresh food from the American Revolution to the end of World War II
Army Rations – Historical Background Overview of development and fielding of operational rations with emphasis on World War II
C, D, K rations; 5 in 1 ration; 10 in 1 rations.
The History of Rations
Notes from a 1949 Conference on Rations that provide a short history of rations
Feeding our Soldiers Quartermaster Review May-June 1928
Overview of Army Rations from the Revolutionary War to 1928
Operational Rations Current and Future March 1963
description of 18 types of standard rations used or projected
Civil War
Feeding Billy Yank: Union Rations between 1861 and 1865
This 1992 articles provides information on Civil War Union Army Rations
World War II
Rations in Review
Colonel James C. Longino’s address to the Army War College
The Army’s Food Program Robert P. Patterson, Under Secretary of War Food Service ProgramLt. Col. Ward B. Cleaves, Q.M.C.
The Food Situation in the European Theatre of Operations
Supplying food to American forces in Europe during WWII.
Subsistence Research Laboratory
History of the QM Subsistence Research Laboratory
The Quartermaster Review – March-April 1944
Korean War
Food Service United Nations Korea
1953 article on efforts to provide fresh food to UN soldiers in Korea
Desert Storm
The Army Family of Rations
Short overview of rations used during Operation Desert Shield/Storm 1990-91
Other Subsistence Articles
Subsistence in Space
Ration Development for U.S. Space Flights
The Quartermaster Market Center System
short background article on the QM Market Center System
The New Quartermaster Research & Development Command
founding of Natick Labs for development of new/improved food, clothing and equipment
New and Improved: T-Ration and MRE Development
Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – December 1988
Food Program Research and Development
Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Summer 1992
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Last update: 23 April 2011