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Gen. Dwight Eisenhower eating a C-ration

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U.S. Office of War Information.

Date created
1943
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Original image housed by Library of Congress

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  • The Great Depression and World War II: Primary sources and readings explore the history of North Carolina and the United States during the Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945). (Page 8.1)

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Gen. Dwight Eisenhower eating a C-ration

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Original caption: “General Dwight D. Eisenhower stopping for noon mess by the roadside during an inspection tour in Tunisia. The menu is a C ration, and hot. It was kept warm by being packed next to the manifold of the General’s car enroute.”