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SocialDemocrat61

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35. During WWII

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:30 AM

5 hrs ago

U.S. troops were the best fed of all the combatants. When German troops captured an American supply depot during the Battle of the Bulge, the Germans couldn't believe how well the U.S. was feeding it's troops.

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Troops not being fed [View all] SamuelTheThird 17 hrs ago OP

WTAF!!! yellow dahlia 17 hrs ago #1

🤬 SheltieLover 17 hrs ago #2

Does not surprise me... 2naSalit 17 hrs ago #3

And that fat orange felon has NEVER missed a meal. Grim Chieftain 17 hrs ago #4

Can't spend any money on decent food for the troops! CountAllVotes 17 hrs ago #5

Served in the M.E. and never had this. purr-rat beauty 16 hrs ago #6

Either bombs or meals durablend 16 hrs ago #7

That is seriously messed up ornotna 16 hrs ago #8

this so fucked up gopiscrap 16 hrs ago #9

Those sailors must be getting pissed off. Emile 16 hrs ago #10

And Marines IronLionZion 16 hrs ago #18

JFC! So Disrespectful, and Stupid.... electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #11

Kegsbreath spent millions on lobster, etc mcar 16 hrs ago #12

Psss pass the word, raid the Officers Mess! Emile 16 hrs ago #13

I don't know how things work in the Navy but I was taught in the Army TomSlick 16 hrs ago #19

MAGA thinks they're saving tax dollars? IronLionZion 16 hrs ago #14

Incompetence in the Department of War? mountain grammy 16 hrs ago #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Shoeless Louis 15 hrs ago #21

Man, this is a different Navy than I was in. Permanut 16 hrs ago #16

Spent 18 months on the USS Forrestal. 4 meals a day served... Wounded Bear 15 hrs ago #23

Pancakes by the hundred, bacon by the 20 pound box. Permanut 12 hrs ago #32

Well, Krasnov did call them "suckers and losers" so we know what he thinks of them FoxNewsSucks 16 hrs ago #17

Send some Hegseth lobsters lame54 15 hrs ago #20

Interesting. James48 15 hrs ago #22

100% on point. Shipwack 15 hrs ago #24

jaysus! JoseBalow 15 hrs ago #25

Sedd in Grandma Doordash! eggplant 15 hrs ago #26

Sounds like it's being catered by a Trump johnnyfins 15 hrs ago #27

Come on, folks! Money for food is required to support FOTers everywhere. You're soldiers...you can take it!! Scalded Nun 15 hrs ago #28

Pete Hegseth's Defense Department blew $22M on steak and lobster in a single month, watchdog claims Norrrm 14 hrs ago #29

And not one Secret Service agent has resigned yet. SalamanderSleeps 14 hrs ago #30

I am beyond shocked and sickened by these reports. summer_in_TX 13 hrs ago #31

The troops will put up with a lot of shit- but lack of food isn't something they will shrug off Redleg 7 hrs ago #33

You can't feed troops if you want to routinely serve caviar at Mar-a-Lago million-dollar fundraisers. Vinca 6 hrs ago #34

During WWII SocialDemocrat61 5 hrs ago #35