Hi 39'ers

[Norm Cromie (RIP)]

Hi Jon;
I believe the bully beef era faded some where in Sicily. It was replaced with the compo pack. I did miss those gourmey delites such as bully beef prepared in 57 different ways, hard tack re-enforced with concrete, powdered eggs, plum flavored turnip jam, oxtail soup that only a starving man would eat and other tasty treats to tempt the pallet.
On Christmas day in 43 while dug in on cemetary hill in Ortona in between Gerry's Christmas greetings of 88's we received one cold pork chop, one bottle of beer and one chocolate bar. Who brought them up I cannot remember. Oh! those were the joyous days.