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The U. S. Army had several different designations for field rations in World War 2. Type A was freshly prepared meals at a base. Type B was food prepared by cooks in the field. Type C, Type D, and Type K were the combat rations that individual soldiers would carry.

The first military rations were given to soldiers in the Civil War and it was a hard biscuit called Hardtack.

A KC-135 can carry 30,000 gallons of fuel.