Word: tetrazzini
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...temperature rises into the low 90s, the perspiring Marines break for lunch on the spot. A major tribulation is that dinner, once a full meal served in the mess tent, now often consists of field-issue MREs (meals, ready-to-eat) like hamburger, turkey tetrazzini and other delights that can be made almost edible by warming the packages in hot water, sunlight or even under an armpit. Some Marines lift weights; others read books (mostly science fiction, thrillers and mysteries). Like lonely troopers everywhere, many of them use their idle hours chiefly to write home. Seated at a picnic table...