Tetracaine Ophthalmic is a local anesthetic. It is mostly used in the eyes. The pilots have to Egress at great speeds the wind can damage their eyes if they do not put down their visors first.
Love reading the adderall warnings too. I get prescribed that exact pill to this day. The reason they say not to give it to “hysterical or severely wounded men” is because it can really ramp up your anxiety, and it increases your blood flow. Your heart rate goes up, so you would probably bleed out a lot faster if you had a serious injury
Thanks for this one Steve. Interesting to see what my grandfather would have carried in Vietnam (well similar) flying Hueys for the RAAF No. 9 Squadron! He was actually shot down while flying for the RAF over Yugoslavia during WW2 and had to ditch and escaped just before the plane hit the water. Locals then dressed him as a woman to smuggle him out to a ship back to England!
The meat-heavy ration suggests primary usage/issue in cold weather regions.The high fat & protein would generate lots of heat in the human body and require substantial water to digest, readily available by melting snow. Cereal bars are still my favorite, and I think I have a new pkt coming NORTH from FLA!! :-)
Those cereal bars are still in inventory (or were) same company too. Combination knife-sharpener and oatmeal bar. The Wilson's meat bar, much lamented when they went away, by long haul hikers.
APC was a combination of aspirin, phenacetin, and caffeine, which was generally used as a pain reliever for headaches but also had some fever reducing properties like Tylenol. It was pretty common from the mid-1900s until the 1970s - at that point, the phenacetin was banned in the US and Canada due to dangerous side effects.
I noticed the tea even had that slight skim of foam on top when you first mixed it. A good indicator of fresh instant tea.I remember it so well from my teens.
Steve you are awesome and put out great videos. One mistake. The antibiotics expired in 1965. They were probably produced around 1955 along with the go pills. Otherwise I always enjoy your videos and hope you keep on making them.
I've can't really put myself in their shoes, but I can imagine candy bars, neat, tea, coffee, etc must have been huge morale boosters. As in imagine being somewhere alone stranded wondering if you'll ever see home and you just pop open your survival kit and make some tea or coffee and have possibly gum. I'm not sure but if I were in their shoes I'd have a huge smile on my face from that
Shawn Eshghi it's not that bad when you first start eating them, it's months and years on end that make you hate the shit. Plus there's only like 5 or 6 different meals, at least the last time I had to eat em.
I just recently found these videos and I love watching them. I really appreciate the amount of information Steve gives us about the rations and how much respect he has for them. Thanks for all you do!
I have never been much of a war buff but this is really interesting. My great uncle fought in WWII as a bombader and he went down with the plan after giving his parachute to someone who didn't have one. It is really cool to think that he probably ate something similar and used a kit like this one.
TrailorStudios No, I've never served in the military but I know quite a few who have. The Vietnam Vets that I know and knew don't have a chip on their shoulder about the reception that they received coming back. I mean they've never said anything mean about the situation, but I am angry for them. It was a bad war that shouldn't really have taken place but they still fought when they were called and deserve the respect that any other veterans have gotten. Your grandfather was a hero.
Thanks for the memory! We ate some generation of this meal in USAF Survival training school 1971. I remember a chocolate bar in our version but the rest was the same. As a training experience, most guys didn’t even try some of the stuff. I remember that I could trade a chocolate bar for several cereal or meat bars. We had survival meals stored on the airplanes but I could never get my hands on one again.
kinda wish they still make these, this looks like something I would carry in my pack when I or at least those meat bars. some mre's take up a lot of space in my day pack.
Don't think anyone else ever could've gotten me to spend nearly as much time binge watching episode after episode of military ration reviews. I even catch myself saying "Let's get this out onto a tray . . . NICE!" on a somewhat regular basis, LOL. Stumbled across your channel entirely by accident and now it's one of my favorites, great job, and great channel. Informative and entertaining . . . and . . . well . . . It's just . . . NICE!
Those meat bars were amazing, I was sure when you opened them up that they would have turned gray or had fur (mold) growing on them or something. I also think it's ironic that the fruit cake bars were the only thing that went bad, considering that fruit cakes are supposed to last forever!
In basic training, 1974, our drill sergeants told us to save the fruitcake for survival ration. Civilian versions last so long due to alcohol content. Brandy or rum were common. The plastic wrapped grocery store versions have no alcohol, and neither did the C ration.
MOST UNUSUAL finding the Amphetamine Tablets included. The APCs were mil-issue OTC pain meds and why phenacetin and caffeine were added to the aspirin in a pharmacological mystery to my layman intellect. GOOD FIND STEVE! You da man with the hooks set far and wide. Survival kits were really expanded and I think perfected during the VN War era... cool stuff man.
My PSK-2 Survival Kits from the 1970's were a little bit different. Instead of the Sweet Chocolate bar, my kit contained a bar of Tropical Chocolate (basically just Cocoa Powder compressed into a bar) and it even states on the package that you can crumble the bar to make Hot Cocoa. I removed the Bouillon Cubes and replaced them with a heaping teaspoon-full of Bouillon Powder which I put in a heavy walled plastic bag and then heat-sealed the bag. I also upgraded all of the medications in the kit. In Kit Part-2 my kit also contained a small cylindrical Butane Lighter, a metal Signal Mirror, a Scalpel Blade, and a small pencil and pad of paper. I removed the Butane Lighter and replaced it with a Metal Match. - I keep these two kits in my backpack in my truck and periodically update the medications.
The Ophthalmic Ointment Is For Your Eyes, In Case Of Any Eye Injuries Caused From Ejecting Or Bailing Out Of The Aircraft. As For The Teramycin, The Bottle Said That 1965 Is The Expiration Date, Not The Date Of Manufacture. Great Review On The PSK's
Hace una hora me estaba preguntando con mi novia,si habria algun uruguayo mas que viera estos canales,o era yo el unico raro,y me respondiste solo,jajja,saludos.
Definitely keep the foil. Shaped into a small cup, it'll hold water. Modern day foil is so freakin' cheap that it won't hold water no matter how many layers thick you make it. I know that old foil is in a bit of a demand by preppers.
I really enjoy your videos. It's amazing how well some of those Survival kits are made to last. It's Great that you open them up & try the contents out
@@danielwhittaker695 are you an ex-carnivore, turned CAP-nivore? P.s. the irony of ya telling vegans to go die... all ye red meat fatties gonna have shorter lives due to ARTERY CLOGGIN' !
Wouldn’t it have been a nice touch to have included some US dollars in those survival kits - buying something essential or bribing someone to help u could have saved lives in situations like Korea & Vietnam
2:44 APC is aspirin, phenacetin and caffeine. It's an analgesic that's good for headache, but phenacetin isn't good for the liver or kidneys and has been replaced by paracetamol which is also called acetaminophen.
APC= All Purpose Capsule, I heard that back in the day, the Navy Corpsmen used to issue APC's for all kinds of ailments. Headache, Sore Throat, ETC. I believe they were the predecessor of Aleve, or Advil.
"Phenacetin (or acetophenetidin) is a pain-relieving and fever-reducing drug, which was widely used between its introduction in 1887 and the 1983 ban imposed by the FDA on its use in the United States. Its use has declined because of its adverse effects, which include increased risk of certain cancers and kidney damage. It is metabolized as paracetamol (acetaminophen), which replaced it in some over-the-counter medications following the ban on phenacetin."
Phenacetin (or acetophenetidin) is a pain-relieving and fever-reducing drug, which was widely used between its introduction in 1887 and the 1983 ban imposed by the FDA on its use in the United States. Its use has declined because of its adverse effects, which include increased risk of certain cancers and kidney damage.😊
Dude! You are a brave man with a cast iron gut! Hats off to yah! I love watching your videos! Makes me appreciate the MRE's I we in the Army in the 90's and 2000's.
I dunno...man to man, I wouldn't fuck around with any of those old medicines and weird patent tonics and the like. I know a bit about the 50s and I know they used a lot of carcinogenic and hazardous ingredients, not to mention....old medicine...it was a dark age as far as food and drug safety goes.
APC tabs were mainly used to fight off fevers as well as being a pain med. They were eventually nixed due to the phenacetin, which can cause a number of health problems including kidney failure. It's believed Howard Hughes may have died in part from long term phenacetin use. It is still around though (phenacetin).
+Steve1989 MREinfo My wife is a pharmacist and she said they are most likely very weak at best depending on storage conditions but there are not many studies on the shelf life of amphetamines. Some say 28-40 year life span with a 90% potency rate. Also you said the amphetamines were manufactured in 1955 which is correct then said the Terramycin was manufactured 1965 which is wrong. The 1965 date on the Terramycin is the exp date, not date of manufacture.
+Steve1989 MREinfo lol take all 6 n tweak for 2 days, jk don't do that. Unless that's your thing. Probably wouldn't get you that high. Just a 5 mg per pill, where as people to get high use upwards of 50mg a hit. Some people even get prescribed more than those 6 pills contain in a day for ADD or other disorders.
Again, i LOVE your videos, when you reach 18,000 subscribers or any other number, you should do a contest or giveaway for some old items. even the Go Pills would be a good collectible since they are still perfect looking..."Hysterical or wounded men", Good Content. :D P.S., if you're not eating old food rations what is your favorite food?
I haven't seen one of your videos in months when I binge watched you for about 3 nights straight. I gotta say... I missed your voice! Keep up the cool videos man!
How is it that you were able to purchase this specific MRE when its contents feature a drug that's illegal without prescription? Is it the age? Very curious about this. Also SUBSCRIBED!!
+Kat H Heroin used to be in bottled medicine that pharmacies made and sold OTC. It was mainly used by housewives for cramps and such, they then of course got addicted. If you watch the movie Tombstone it shows this with Wyatt Earp's wife.
+davidca96 holy crap, heroin for cramps! talk about overkill haha. that's very interesting though, thank you for the info. :) it's interesting that such drugs were so easily accessible
He makes me hungry when he eats. I watch these before bed and it makes me want to go get a snack, usually something related to whatever he is reviewing.
One notable death that can possibly be attributed to the use of phenacetin was that of the aviation pioneer Howard Hughes. He had been using phenacetin extensively for the treatment of chronic pain; it was stated during his autopsy that phenacetin use may have been the cause of his kidney failure.
