I never made it to Nam. My overseas assignment was Ft Wainwright Alaska so I did not get all of that many C rats. When we did get C rations they were normally an improvement to the chow we got in the mess hall. I loved the Lima Beans and Fruit Cake. I did not smoke so I would trade the cigs for Fruit cake. Somewhere I have a photo in my slide collection of a garbage can with an immersion heater in a solid block of ice along the banks of the Tannana River. We were on maneuvers in February of 1969 and the temp was hovering at -50F. The “cook” would fire up the immersion heater and in about ½ hour the water would start to boil and he would toss in all C Rat meals and we got hot chow for lunch. I sure am glad I joined the Engineers instead of the Infantry.