please help me in welcoming karyn. karyn: good morning, everyone. i hope everyone has had a good week so far. this morning i'm going to talk rationing,ght, or and world war ii. we all know that teenagers and most of his work with teenagers have large appetites. i have one at home with an incredibly large appetites. i like to try and engage kids with the topic that not only fits their appetite, but also increases their appetite for learning. and i find that food is oftentimes a very engaging topic. napoleon or frederick the great, depending on who you listen to, once said an army , marches on its stomach. to supply not just the u.s. army but increasingly throughout world war ii, also that of our allies, prisoners of war and those who we liberated in the civilian populations the people , of the united states had to implement solutions to , foodtional problems production and distribution. the solution impact not only wartime provisioning, but also the way that we eat today. according to the book, "the combat ready kitchen: how the u.s. military shapes

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