"17th Tact. Recon Sqdn enlisted men washing their mess kits - Coleman immersion heaters kept water Very Hot in clean metal garbage cans" Mess Hall in background.
"186th Infantry - 41st Division - Overnight hike field training - Fort Lewis - 8/40 - National Guard annual encampment before we were mobilized Sept. 16, 1940 - line up for chow in the field - all with mess kits"