Submitted by Eric Daniel
Way back a long time ago, while I was tanking with the Washington National Guard, my unit had a Dining In following our annual training. What made this event memorable was the fact that there was a representative from our "sister" armoured recce unit from Canada, and he brought with him something I'd never seen before - 1.5 liters of government issue 151 proof ration rum. As the Sergeant explained, the Canadian government authorized the issuance of a rum ration to soldiers in the field for a period of 30 days or more. Now, I know the Royal Navy used to issue rum to its sailors up through 1970, and I know there's at least one German fallschirmj
