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A look at what the Soldiers had for Thanksgiving at FT Meade, SD in 1941. Of note the cigars and cigarettes.
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Thanksgiving menu 1941, from Ft Meade South Dakota
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Fort Meade is a former United States Army post located just east of Sturgis, South Dakota. The fort was active from 1878 to 1944;
Fort Meade (South Dakota) - Wikipedia
thanks gon, these old holiday menus are gems. typically officers serve the enlisted troops on thanksgiving day, which are true feasts. my last mess-hall (now dfac) turkey dinner was at camp coiner, yongsan garrison, rok in 2011, minus the smokes.
I have lived in SD all my life and never heard of Ft Meade until I read this. I will have to check it out next time I go to Sturgis. I go to the Black Hills Corvette Classic almost every year and have drag raced in Sturgis. That menu has some awesome foods listed and I don't think anyone would walk away hungry from that meal. Seeing cigarettes and cigars listed is really going back in time.
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JKC,
Here is the "battle roster" from the 1941 Thanksgiving meal at Ft Meade. Maybe some names you might recognize?
Snowflake potatoes?
We got basements full of them in 2022!!
We got basements full of them in 2022!!
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South Dakota is a smaller population state, and not a large state for immigrants from other states like Arizona, Texas, Florida, Colorado, etc. So, I would not be surprised if a name might trigger a memory.His buddies would have to be pushing 100 today. Just how old do you think JKC is?
I wonder what inmates in Federal penitentiaries are fed on Thanksgiving?
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Malo, did you enjoy the meal on the USS Wake Island? How were the parker house rolls?
Honestly that would have been top notch given the location!
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