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santaman2000

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is it just me? Or do I vaguely remember reading that the Foreign Legion experimented with concentrated wine rations back in the 1950s?
 

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Yes, la legion used to have vinogel, gel cubes that could be dissolved if wine could not be dissolved, mentioned in The thirteenth valley, a gripping account of Dien Bien Phu.
 

santaman2000

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Yes, la legion used to have vinogel, gel cubes that could be dissolved if wine could not be dissolved, mentioned in The thirteenth valley, a gripping account of Dien Bien Phu.

Thanks! I vaguely remembered what Iread was about that time period; and now that you've jogged my memory a bit I also remember the name "vinogel." I could have read it in that very title you mention, The Thirteenth Valley, but my memory isn't quite that good to be sure.
 

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