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Charlie rats
noun
US Army c-rations US
A combination of the phonetic alphabet and an abbreviation of “rations.”- Ham and lima beans. Taste like shit. Worst Charlie Rat there is. — John M. Del Vecchio, The 13th Valley, p. 47, 1982
- — Maledicta, p. 259, Summer/Winter 1982: “Viet-speak”
- PFC Eric R. Shimer, a grenadier in third squad, 3d Platoon, dumped the paraphenalia from it and reshouldered it with only his last can of warm beer, a can of charlie rats, and thirty rounds of ammunition. — Keith Nolan, Death Valley, p. 140, 1987
- We ate C rations or “charlie Rats,” as they were often called. The olive-drab cans contained approximatley eleven ounces of solid food such as frankfurters and beans, ham and lima beans, spaghetti and meat balls, sausage patties, and corned-beef hash. — Robert W. Black, Rangers in Korea, p. 131, 1989
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 39, 1991
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