It is said that “an army marches on its stomach,” but what if the food is awful? In WWI (the era of my novel On the Shore), soldiers ate Iron Rations. They pounded the hard tack into chips with rifle butts and soaked bully beef in soup or hot water. To find out how soldiers supplemented this tasteless fare with snacks from the “gedunk stand,” see On the Shore in NOVELS. Learn the more colorful names for military food in BEHIND THE STORY.
