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I suddenly remembered something that I wanted done about the men's mess gear, and returned along the companion way.

Inside the sunken, multistory bunkers, equipped with electric lights, TV, foam-rubber mattresses and even disposable plastic mess gear, life becomes a routine of sitting out one artillery barrage after another.

"Did you ever read The Forty Days of Musa Dagh?" asked one officer reflectively as he sorted out his mess gear at breakfast table.

One gallon a day has to suffice each man for drinking, cooking, cleaning his mess gear, washing himself.

Have all boats in by "Mess gear" unless special permission is given.