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poles that we used frequently collapsed, resulting in a wild tent fly witch 
flapped in one's face. They rarely collapeBed around the tents; but the 
wind on tent fly was their downfall. They just don't work in wind. I 
don't know what alternatives are available on the market today. The 
cots are cettainly the only practical sleeping gear. Not only did they 
leep one off the ground, but they were cool with use of the double 
bed sheet. They were light weight and easy to assemble, that is the 
aluminum fold outs. T e ones with the wooden slide togethers and head 
rest were difficult to put together; although they were more comfortable 
than the other type. The time wasted setting them up was not compensatory. 
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I never did learn how to work the sterno (stove) correctly, and rather 
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than attempt to wrestle with the damn thing trying to get it going, I 
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often was content with cold C-rations. For our purposes however, it was 
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adequate fear cooking mare complex meals as I suggested above. 
