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Ration Cards

Trying to remember - in mid 70's I think you could get 3 fifths of hard liquor/month, 4 cartons of cigs at about $1.50 per carton, and 100 liters of gas. I came home in the late 70's with some ration coupons but I threw them out when I was cleaning house a number of years ago. Anyone recollect them?

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Permalink Reply by Dave Gettman on January 22, 2011 at 11:09am

Dry barracks?!!! WTF?!!!

Sorry John, but the only time I can remember our barracks being dry is when the beer machine ran out, which was quite often. We would have probably defected, lock, stock, and barrel, if they took our beer away.

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Permalink Reply by John H.Willis III on January 22, 2011 at 11:40am

Yes a couple of time when I was there we had our alcohol privelages revoked. HWB was known to be pretty rowdy usually only lasted abou 2 weeks to a month. It was always no hard liquor and if i remember right when we were allowed beer it was a 6pack limit. Yes iI do remember the coke machine in the day room that sold beer I think it was 50cents a can usually Budweiser. I was there from 86 to 89.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Gettman on January 22, 2011 at 11:49am

I think our three choices of beer were Bud, Pabst Blue Ribbon, and Schlitz, and I do seem to remember a couple times we were expecting an alert and the alcohol was locked down.

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Permalink Reply by Larry Bennet on January 26, 2011 at 10:00pm

I wasn't a big drinker back then lol mostly beer and wine and I remember we didn't need the ration card for wine from the class 6 store I think that was the name of the liquor store.

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Permalink Reply by Robert Rusher on November 10, 2011 at 6:48pm

My booze went down the hill to Heinz at Heinz's Gasthof and Country Discotech in Brand. Anyone stationed there in 1979?

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Permalink Reply by Jeffrey C Havens on November 10, 2011 at 7:56pm

AHHH ! Heinz's gasthof house .Best damn snitzel in Germany, Good beir to wash it down. My favorite camp.72-74

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Permalink Reply by gary schmidt on April 28, 2018 at 5:21pm

yes, was there from 76-79 I knew a german that owned a disco

...lol....they also sold us esso gas stamps But all the booze and cigarette rations I bummed off the barracks guys were for my personal use...I swear...

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Permalink Reply by Oliver Talbert on November 15, 2011 at 12:21am

Between 74 and 77 you could get 5 cartons of cigarettes and 2 1/2 gals of liquor per month...no clue on the rest of that junk. You could also buy one pack of cigarettes per day at the 2 lane bowling alley at Pond Barracks.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Carlucci on January 18, 2012 at 2:55am

Hello "O".....

I really enjoyed my time in the 3/2 ACR.....K-Troop/HHQ, "1973-78", reconnected with several fellow Soldier's I knew in the "BERG", that happen to live in the Pacific Northwest near my current residence. Attached is a photo of my presious wife and her friend (Wife of Seal Team Operator) getting prepared to pacifying the "HOOD" prior to a trip to the local Mall. ............

Toujours Pret

Later

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Permalink Reply by Michael Wayne Roberts on November 16, 2011 at 5:07pm

I was there 68-70 I remember the rations for cirgaretts were 4 cartoons at .17 cents a pack/ 1.70 a cartoon..

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Permalink Reply by Larry Bennet on November 18, 2011 at 3:09pm

If I remember correct when you used them the used a hole puncher when you bought something never drank coffee but don't recall that being rationed. Never a hard liquor drinker or smoker but used my ration card a lot lol

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Permalink Reply by Mike, Madd Matt, Matthews on December 17, 2011 at 7:05pm

Early 80's they rationed smokes (cigarettes), coffee, sugar and booze. We could get 4 cartons, 4 bottles and who cares about coffee or sugar. In addition the cards had 50 ndividual packs you could buy. I mostly chewed and smoked stoggies so I was able to do some free market trade.