Military Provided Cigarettes

[emmak]

B) Yesterday I ask my husband if he remembered getting small packs of cigarettes in his individual meal packages. He said yes, in fact he told me also about sea rations where the GI's also got cartons of cigarettes. All brands were given out for free. I don't believe this is done today but I question how the VA can refuse payment because of smoking in the military. My husband is a Vietnam vet and he went into the Army at the age of 17. A non smoker until then spending nine years in the Army. He left the military a smoker and continued smoking another 6 years then quit. That was 35 years ago.

To me the fact that the GI's were given cigarettes for free with meals tells me that the military actually supported cigarette smoking. I sure would like to hear what all of you think about this I recentlly found out that my husband has scaring, plurel infusions on his lungs. AO,asbestos or cigarettes. I don't know. B)

[JohnM]

John Quit 27 Years ago and Brother Quit 35 years ago

JohnM's Wife Dianne

[free_spirit_etc]

The cigarettes are not cheap any more. Neither is the booze. But the Shoppettes on base are about 1/2 liquor store.

I have my husband's can opener thingie (forgot what you guys called it). It was always on his key ring. That gives me an idea. The only thing his dad asked for when he died was his cowboy hat. He said he would like to have the hat when I was ready.

I took it to him for Father's Day, along with one of the Presidential Certificates. For some reason the VA sent me two. Yep Folk - they actually orer the widow the Certificates.

But he might like his keyring with the --whatever it is - lol

Free

Most of the PX and BX sold cigs dirt cheap. I think they were sold for about 10 cents a pack when I was in and no taxes either. Booze was also cheap and easy to get.

Technically a 17 year old is a minor and would be the responsibility of the Military in my opinion.

[Philip Rogers]

Ham & eggs, chopped with juices - ummmmmm, delish!!! Loved them! I think that's where Dr Seus got "Green eggs and Ham," because that's what they looked like! Heat tabs . . . what were they? We had 'em cold, which is why few liked Ham & MF's. Grease was too much. Ahhhhh, sweet memories. In the late '70s I used to have a case shipped to me from an Army/Navy store in Fayetteville, NC to my home, in NH, via UPS, once a month. I loved those things. jmo

pr

OK,what's wrong with saying it? The Ham and Limas were called Ham and Mother F###&&& and they came with the pecan roll. Ham and Mothers for short. The grease was white and hard as a rock and took at least 3 heat tabs to melt the grease. The only other C-rat worse to my taste was the Ham&Eggs chopped with juices, ugh!!!! It was as close to Hill's horsemeat dog food as you could get both in looks and taste!

Remember the Boned Chicken and Boned Turkey C-rat meal had the fruit cocktail and peaches. I got so good at the position of the 12 meals that I knew which one was which when they would turn them upside down so we couldn't read what they were. Then the platoon sergeant got wise and would just dump them upside down and then hand you the one he wanted you to have, so you could not even select. Then there was all the trades made before eating them among the rest of the platoon. I could get 3 cans of stuff with meat in them for one can of the fruit cocktail.

[Chuck75]

10-15 cents a pack and Jonny W. Black label was 7.50 a fifth.

Most of the PX and BX sold cigs dirt cheap. I think they were sold for about 10 cents a pack when I was in and no taxes either. Booze was also cheap and easy to get.

Technically a 17 year old is a minor and would be the responsibility of the Military in my opinion.

[RockyA1911]

Some of you call the can opener a P4 and P38. In the Marine Corps it was called a "John Wayne" and that is what they were known to Marines by.