That large brown items may be a semi-sweet chcocalte bar, or another compressed food bar that's darkened over time. I'm not certain, it doesn't look like any of the others I've seen from the era and I'd be interested to see what all of the smaller packets end up being. Keep us in the loop if you're ...

Sure! The life raft ration was a 5 to 6 man one day emergency ration. It was mainly hard candy, meant to be able to hold up under high and low temperatures and it contained vitamins and chewing gum to round it out. It's from the same batch as this one that Steve1989 reviewed on YouTube. I'm sure bec...

You got tricked by the Nazi propaganda. That video is in reverse, their real secret weapon was the ability to turn kitchen goods directly into helmets at a moment's notice:

BTW, that's an insult to the IRP

We didn't think of that in time, although I think it may have changed the atmosphere. The chance to kick back and enjoy some rations as a group without the need to explain or document the whole process for a change was a really unique experience. We're done streaming for this meetup - I'll be puttin...

Hey man, I'm 2500 miles away from my xbox, here in person in VA :mrgreen: Might be my roommate, it's the living room netflix machine. If PayPal doesn't work, I can also accept Debit/Credit cards over the phone or via the internet. I can send out an invoice for whatever is easiest - apologies for the...

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Yep - just the chat on the same page. It's to the right for me, but it'll differ with screen size/shape. Or you can ask anything here. Howdy by the way!

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