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Dr Ancel Keys was given the assignment of designing a ready-to-eat meal that did not need refridgeration, would fit in a soldier's pocket, and provide a day's nutritional value. The Army may have intentionally used his initial in the name, or maybe it was just randomly assigned.

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An emergency field ration for U.S. armed forces in World War II, consisting of a single packaged meal.

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