World War II Mess Kit

Class Artifact, government, military, World War II

“World War II Mess Kit,” Madison Historical, accessed April 19, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/1045.

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This mess kit was used by an American soldier in World War II. It was used to eat and reheat meals and came with a fork and spoon.

This canteen was photographed as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Civic Memorial High School in spring 2018. It was brought to class by Savannah Rothe.

2018 Civic Memorial High School Class Visit

• government
• Bethalto
• military
• World War II

• Stacks, Brian

Circa 1941 - 1945

• Object

• Color photograph of object
• jpg

• 1940s

• Rothe-Savannah-Ob-0001