mess kit

Even musicians in King’s band traveled with mess kits and canned goods for times they couldn’t find a restaurant to serve them.

It was filled to the brim with everything from Army Air Corps documents to his portable mess kit and even — though I didn't know it then — his pistol and bullets from the war.

After dinner, Terry went to a small brook to wash his mess kit.

On separate tables are some of the artifacts that were among the remains: combat boots, a 1940s penny, a mess kit with three plastic spoons and a helmet.

Other artifacts, such as boots, canteens, mess kits and a steel helmet, were with the remains.