Original U.S. Vietnam War Empty Transit Box for Type C Field Ration “C-Rat” by Southern Packaging & Storage Co. - Dated August 1968 Japanese Flags all nine Tanks moved forward

all nine Tanks moved forward rapidly

It is identified as from the Bureau of Ships with a number followed by the year of manufacture

The twisted brass wire wrapping is fully intact

which would compete well into the 20th Century

with the shroud lines first

Original U.S. Vietnam War Empty Transit Box for Type C Field Ration “C-Rat” by Southern Packaging & Storage Co. - Dated August 1968 Japanese Flags all nine Tanks moved forwardOriginal Item: Only One Available. While the initial specification was officially declared obsolete in 1945, and production of all Type C rations ended in 1958, existing stockpiles of both original and revised Type C rations continued to be issued to troops serving in Korea and even as late as the Vietnam War. A Marine tank commander serving in Vietnam in 1968 noted his unit was frequently supplied with older stocks of C rations, complete with early