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AMERICAN FOOD PARCELS

Typical lists of the contents of a Red Cross parcel received by an American POWs:

• One pound can of powdered milk
• One package ten assorted cookies
• One pound can of oleo margarine
• Half-pound package of cube sugar
• Half-pound package of Kraft cheese
• Six-ounce package of K-ration biscuits
• Four-ounce can of coffee
• Two D-ration chocolate bars
• Six-ounce can of jam or peanut butter
• Twelve-ounce can of salmon or tuna
• One-pound can of Spam or corned beef
• One-pound package of raisins or prunes
• Five packages of cigarettes
• Seven Vitamin-C tablets
• Two bars of soap
• Twelve ounces of C-ration vegetable soup concentrate

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Red Cross Food Parcel

I was at Stalag XII-A for about two weeks. The Germans didn’t feed us much, without that Red Cross
parcel we would have been in bad shape. Stalag or Stammlager ("Base camp") – These were enlisted
personnel POW camps.