"The Joneses" > wrote in message
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> Thanks to all the vets here - it's Memorial Day in the US. The worst
> meal I ever had was that one Thanksgiving at West Fort Hood. The
> turkey was *not* all the way done. I swear, I wanted to charge back
> there and show them how to do it right. Seems they also had an
> abundance of sausage and used it to flavor - green beans. And corn.
> And spinach. And any other veggie on the line for next week or two.
> And I thought that memory was buried deep until all those war shows on
> tv today.
> Edrena

In WWII my father was in the south pacific. One of his jobs was to be
stationed on small islands and atolls by himself, guarding the territory.
Once he was dropped off on an island where there were native inhabitants. He
used to shoot fish from a tree for them, and they gave him some eggs. The
eggs gave him horrible food poisoning though.