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The photograph labeled pheasant canteen shows volunteers serving food cafeteria style to servicemen. Please credit the South Dakota State Historical Society – State Archives. The volunteers would also bring food to the trains and hand the food through open train windows to servicemen and women. The other photo is likely from an ad or poster from the Milwaukee Road.
Wall Drug has ice water; Aberdeen had pheasant sandwiches.
The Red Cross/United Service Organization’s canteen at the Milwaukee Road depot in Aberdeen became known as “the world’s standout for a handout” for offering a free lunch and showing hospitality to more than half a million servicemen and women during the two and a half years the canteen operated.
“During its existence the canteen became…