Homeless Vets: Brothers under the bridge

Over 67,000 veterans are homeless on any given night The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans is the resource and technical assistance center for a national network of community-based service providers and local, state and federal agencies that provide emergency and supportive housing, food, health services, job training and placement assistance, legal aid and case management support for hundreds … More Homeless Vets: Brothers under the bridge

Heating C-Rations

Excerpt from letter home: 8 October 1967: You asked me once how we heat our C rations. Well about once a month they pass out heating tablets, they’re about 4 in. long about 2 in. wide and 1/2 in. deep, and they burn slow so they’re good to heat food with. It takes about 1/3 … More Heating C-Rations