Jungle ration
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The jungle ration is a United States army ration developed by the Quartermaster's Chicago Subsistence Research Laboratory (as well as the Subsistence Laboratory which determined packaging and packing requirements) during World War II for soldiers in the tropical regions of the Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia. The ration was designed to be compact and to feed four men in one day, though no clear reason for the development of the ration was ever made. Because of this, the jungle ration (along with the mountain ration) eventually became obsolete in favor of K-rations.
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The jungle ration contained:
- Biscuits
- Canned meat
- Porridge
- Cigarettes
- Cocoa beverage powder
- Fruit bars
- Chewing gum
- Hard candy
- Lemon powder
- Peanuts
- Powdered milk
- Raisins
- Salt
- Instant coffee
- Sugar
- Toilet paper
