Trench warfare. The most brutal of fighting was taking place. After the Battle of the Aisne in September of 1914, the German and Allied armies dug in. What started out as a simple trench, turned into an immense series of interlocking tunnels and trenches. Soldiers would sit in trenches, day and night. Peeking over the top of the trench ever so carefully across "no man's land" toward the enemy fortifications. Shots fired. Mustard gas thrown. To be gassed in the trenches were a certain and painful death. Struggling WWI soldiers at the time had to eat a healthy well balanced meal during those harrowing and desperate times. What did Uncle Sam pack for our doughboys?
A solders last meal would be:
Roast beef, corned beef, salmon, or sardines
Salt
Sugar,
Soluble coffee
Alcohol
Cigarettes
Each meal unit was packed in a large, galvanized tin container, designed to protect the contents from the poison gas the Germans loved to use so much.
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