If you were lucky you would get k ration. They were an important source of food for WWII soldiers. A K ration was also a pocket ration for paratroopers .... but large, pockets that were designed to be able to hold a k ration box. A C ration is an already canned food sent in to the soldiers. If you got or had none of those you had to eat a German soldier. To finish off you would not get to much food to eat during World War 2.

No, those have been phased out for quite some time. They began being phased out in 1958 for the Meal, Combat, Individual Ration, which, in turn, were phased out for the Meal, Ready To Eat (more commonly known as MRE), which was first issued in 1981 and became a general issue item in 1986.

The letter K had no particular significance; it was chosen merely to have a phonetically different letter from the letters C and D.

They were called K-Rations.

Keys, kite, Kool Aid, K ration, K9, kaleidoscope, kabob (shish kabob), kaiser roll.