renovation or upgrading projects were accomplished for the field ration mess at the 29th Evacuation Hospital in Can Tho. Due to non-availability of garrison mess equipment in the Da Nang Support Command, the upgrading of the mess hall at the 27th Surgical Hospital in Chu Lai and the 95th Evacuation Hospital in Da Nang was not completed during 1968. Design and layout plans were completed for the mess hall of the 311th Field Hospital (POW) in Phu Thanh and construction began in September 1968. Standard Hospital Diets: 44th Medical Brigade Pamphlet 30-1 was published on 8 September 1968. This pamphlet included the type and general description and approximate dietary analysis of diets available. 28 Day Master Hospital Menu: 44th Medical Brigade Pamphlet 30-2 contains the regular hospital diet based on the Department of the Army Supply Bulletin SB10-261 and the 14 modified diets most frequently ordered by medical and dental corps officers in hospitals throughout the command. The USARV medical treatment facilities subsisted on the field ration menu as established for all troops in RVN. Supplemental foods and beverages were ma.de available for issue through Class I facilities for patients on modified diets according to 44th Medical Brigade Pamphlet 30-2. Combat troops and hospital patients had priority for issue of fresh food items. The support and management of the entire subsistence program by 1st Logistical Command was commendable throughout 1968. The 28 Day Master Menu, SB10-261, dated 6 May 1968, was made available to field ration messes in II, III, and IV CTZ, to include hospitals, on 8 September 1968. Problems existed in subsistence supply to hospitals in I Corps Tactical Zone due to support by the U.S. Navy. A master menu was not available to hospitals serviced by the Navy which resulted in daily planning of menus after the food arrived in the units. ln addition, most fresh fruits and vegetables were not made available to U.S. Army Units through the U.S. Navy during the first five months of the year. Since that time, the 1st Logistical Command solved this problem by shipping fresh fruits and vegetables from Dalat to units in I CTZ. Carbonated beverages were made available to post-operative patients through the local Post Exchange facilities which in turn billed U.S. Army Procurement Agency, Vietnam. A recommendation by the International Red Cross to purchase Nuoc Mam (fish sauce) £or POW patients in Vietnam was extended to Vietnamese