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 It is identified as from

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

retaining much of the original finish in areas

5 to 33 inches in length and had a single broad fuller on each side

with the shroud lines first

all nine Tanks moved forward rapidly

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 It is identified as fromOriginal 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