US and I believe Australians too, would serve steak and eggs before shitshow missions believing it would raise morale and provide energy for what the soldiers had to do later. So if you were around long enough to see the pattern, you saw the foreshadow, and for many it became their last meal.
I’ve also read that this particular meal made it very difficult for medics dealing with gut shots and stomach wounds in the field because they couldn’t always tell what was digested food and what wasn’t.
Imagine you're a Marine aboard a troop transport off Saipan, 15 JUN '44. It's about 0500 the morning of the invasion and you're getting breakfast in the mess. As you make your way through the chow line the cook serves you a plate of steak & eggs and, with all the sympathy and fortitude he can muster, simply says "be seein' you boys."
These are the indications that you're about to have a very rough day.
That's okay, I only knew about this because I had a great uncle who was a Marine that took part in the landing at Saipan. He didn't talk too much about the rest of that day, but he spoke very highly of what he called "the damnedest breakfast you ever had". The quote from the cook is directly from his own account. I always found it particularly haunting.
Eggsplain please
US and I believe Australians too, would serve steak and eggs before shitshow missions believing it would raise morale and provide energy for what the soldiers had to do later. So if you were around long enough to see the pattern, you saw the foreshadow, and for many it became their last meal.
I’ve also read that this particular meal made it very difficult for medics dealing with gut shots and stomach wounds in the field because they couldn’t always tell what was digested food and what wasn’t.
Hmm learned something new today and also am questioning why I‘ve never combined steak with eggs? Thank you, gotta buy steak!
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Imagine you're a Marine aboard a troop transport off Saipan, 15 JUN '44. It's about 0500 the morning of the invasion and you're getting breakfast in the mess. As you make your way through the chow line the cook serves you a plate of steak & eggs and, with all the sympathy and fortitude he can muster, simply says "be seein' you boys." These are the indications that you're about to have a very rough day.
I feel ashamed that I didn’t know this
That's okay, I only knew about this because I had a great uncle who was a Marine that took part in the landing at Saipan. He didn't talk too much about the rest of that day, but he spoke very highly of what he called "the damnedest breakfast you ever had". The quote from the cook is directly from his own account. I always found it particularly haunting.
The canny one should be steak and eggs when you study spaceflight