Description
The Army meant for these small boxes to be used to distribute servings of ice cream to troops. Â However, several Airborne veterans’ accounts mention that these boxes were, at the last moment, handed out to paratroopers as air sickness boxes prior to the D-day jump.
For troops in hot weather conditions in North Africa, CBI, and the Pacific, ice cream would have been quite a treat. Interestingly, this box notates that it’s packaging be disposed of in the manner of other front-line rations, despite the reality that it was likely only a rear-echelon food.
This WWII Ice Cream Box is an exact reproduction of the original box in our collection. Â The box is empty. It is perfect for your D-Day or Airborne display. However, we can’t promise that it will successfully double as a sickness box in the event that you attempt to use it during the D-Day reenactment.
