Original U.S. Vietnam War Era / Cold War Era Civil Defense All Purpose Survival Biscuits Dated “May - June - July 1962” - 13” x 8 ⅝” x 5 ¾” Chinese Militaria The serial number is 74862

The serial number is 74862 denoting the year of manufacture as 1881

One of the places Leopold II managed to acquire was the Congo region in 1885

the words UNITED STATES NAVY are shown in raised letters

They were told to bring rain coat and rain hat (no umbrellas)

monitoring tanker escort operations in support of Operation Earnest Will

Original U.S. Vietnam War Era / Cold War Era Civil Defense All Purpose Survival Biscuits Dated “May - June - July 1962” - 13” x 8 ⅝” x 5 ¾” Chinese Militaria The serial number is 74862Original Items: Very Few Available. Fallout shelter food supplies came in the form of crackers, biscuits, bulgar wafers and carbohydrate supplement (hard candy). The shelter program goal was to stock 10,000 calories total per shelteree for the designated 2 week shelter stay. That amounted to a 700 calorie per day food supply to each sheltered person. The stocking of fallout shelters began in the early 1960's when DCPA procured 165,000 tons of shelter