Food in Military History

Coffee and sugar were added to the standard U.S. Army ration in 1832 as a replacement for what other substance?

• Chocolate
• Molasses
• Rum
• Tea
• Tobacco

The K-Ration, designed for mobile units such as paratroopers and tank crews, first made its appearance in what war?

• Civil War
• World War I
• World War II
• Korean War
• Vietnam War

The process of canning food essentially began after which late Eighteenth Century leader offered a cash prize to anyone could discover a way to prevent battlefield food from spoiling?

• Napoleon Bonaparte
• George Washington
• King George III
• Catherine the Great
• Frederick Wilhelm II