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man in the south Pacific, 1939-42.There .are more than 100 men in the school at all times, coming here from Camp Chaffee, Muskogee Army Air base, posts in Arkansas, and as far away as Big Springs, Texas to take elementary and advanced * cooking courses.Basic Courses RequiredThe basic course, required of all students and necessary before taking advanced work, is the 60-day course D in elementary principles. Other courses are' the course K in dehydrated foods; course O, which applies the methods learned in ihe classroom to; field cooking; and course B, ; a 30-day study in mess management for mess sergeants.Beside classrooms in barracks and day room, the school operates a field kitchen in the area, where practical instruction on field ranges and cook sets is given. Here all breads and rolls for the regular mess are baked, as the school draws nothing from the bakery ' except flour and yeast.Field Ranges UsedRegulation M-37 field ranges are used in the field kitchen. each capable of serving approximately 50 men. Three of these are the usual issue for a company, and are used in the field or set up in the front end of a two and a half ton truck.IA complete kitchen truck includes. beside the three ranges, an ice-box and work table. Food is cooked as the vehicle moves. Altho gasoline is the ordinary fuel for these ranges, it is possible in emergency to convert them to use wood.
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Gruber Guidon
Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, US
Fri, Dec 15, 1944
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