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C rations
plural noun
- tinned food formerly issued in packs to US soldiers
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Origin of C rations1
C20: C(ombat) rations
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Wartime museums display the bland hardtack that sustained Civil War fighters, and the canned meats, breads and fruit of World War II, known as C rations.
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He supplemented his soup and rice with canned C rations he’d brought with him: familiar American food like beans and franks, even if he had to eat it cold from the can.
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The Marines cut the rope from his neck, and gave him water and all the C rations he could eat.
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After a meal of C rations, they’d turn in, still wearing their combat clothes and boots.
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One of the favorite things that we salvaged were the supply packages that were the Japanese equivalent of our cans of C- rations.
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