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Aug 6, 2017 · How Ice Cream Helped America at War. For decades, the military made sure soldiers had access to the treat—including spending $1 million on a floating ice-cream factory. U.S. Marines at a battle ...
Jun 8, 2015 · How Ice Cream Won the Cold War. Richard Nixon stood by a lemon-yellow refrigerator in Moscow and bragged to the Soviet leader: “The American system,” he told Nikita Khrushchev over frosted cupcakes and chocolate layer cake, “is designed to take advantage of new inventions.”. It was the opening day of the American National Exhibition at ...
Aug 30, 2023 · Last World War Wednesday, we looked at the use of ice cream in the U.S. Navy during the First World War, especially aboard hospital ships.Now it's time for a reprise! By the Second World War, ice cream was firmly entrenched aboard Naval vessels. So much so, that battleships and aircraft carriers were actually outfitted with ice cream machinery, and by the end of
Aug 6, 2017 · In 1944, a Warner Bros. cartoon euphemized World War II through Bugs Bunny and ice cream. Marooned in the Pacific under Japanese attack, Bugs commandeers an ice-cream truck and begins handing out “Good Rumor” bars, which turn out to be chocolate-covered grenades. The bars explode, and Bugs drives off. “Business is booming,” he cracks.
Jul 24, 2017 · During the 1968 Tet Offensive, I was a 2d lieutenant infantry platoon leader in 505th Airborne Regiment. It was very cold and wet – especially at night – that February in I Corps (at the northernmost combat zone in South Vietnam), and the fighting seemed always to take place under heavy rain or in dense, gray overcast.
Mar 18, 2016 · Richard Nixon stood by a lemon-yellow refrigerator in Moscow and bragged to the Soviet leader: “The American system,” he told Nikita Khrushchev over frosted cupcakes and chocolate layer cake, “is designed to take advantage of new inventions.”
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Aug 27, 2017 · Its black ice cream, called “ black coconut ash,” didn’t take long to flood Instagram feeds. While it wasn’t initially designed to be a health food (but while we’re on the topic, here are some superfoods you should stock up on this fall), the charcoal ingredient does in fact have a detoxifying attribute, which draws out toxins from ...
