From the archives: US, Japanese troops compare food rations

Takizawa, Japan, February 2003: Pfc. Louis Rivera, left, a soldier with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, samples a lunch of beef curry from a Japanese MRE. Sgt. Toshihiko Iida, center, and Pvt. Osamu Shibuya, both with the 21st Regiment of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, said they enjoyed tasting entrees in American MREs. All are taking part in North Wind exercises in northern Japan.

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