Jim Stewart wrote:

Surely, those immersion heaters must go back at least to WW II, eh?

We used them in both regular army and army
reserve. I got out in '73. We had C-rations
dated in the '50's


When dad was stationed in Germany in the early 60's, he brought home some
kind of rations that were being disposed of. The thought of the round tins
of big crackers and peanut butter still makes me salivate today.

Wes