Mess Hall Menu
These pre-packaged field rations are designed to be eaten without cooking.
What is a Meal, Ready-to-Eat?
This 1998 Steven Spielberg film follows a group of soldiers tasked with finding a paratrooper after D-Day.
What is Saving Private Ryan?
This mental health condition, once called "shell shock," affects many veterans after combat.
What is PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)?
This U.S. landmark hosts the official national Veterans Day ceremony every year
What is Arlington National Cemetery?
This veterans monument located on Mt Greylock is widely considered to be the the most famous monument in Massachusetts
What is the Massachusetts Veterans War Memorial Tower
This term refers to a bag carried on your back, often used by soldiers
What is ruck or rucksack
This HBO miniseries chronicles Easy Company’s journey from Normandy to Germany during World War II.
What is Band of Brothers
Veterans returning from this war in the 1970s often faced public hostility and limited support.
What is the Vietnam War?
This country celebrates “ANZAC Day” on April 25 to commemorate soldiers who served and died in wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations
What is Australia?
Name 3 cities that hold vets day parades in MA
Western & Central Massachusetts
Greater Boston & South Shore
Southeastern Massachusetts
This term is often referred to as the military alphabet
What is the phonetic alphabet
Andrew Garfield stars as a medic who refuses to carry a weapon in this World War II drama.
What is Hacksaw Ridge
This U.S. government agency was created to provide healthcare and benefits to military veterans.
What is the Department of Veterans Affairs?
In this Asian country, Veterans Day is celebrated on July 27 and includes ceremonies, parades, and visits to war cemeteries.
What is South Korea
This medal was established by former Governor Charles D. Baker in February 2024, is awarded to the next of kin of Massachusetts service members who have died from service-connected illnesses, including those related to combat and exposure to harmful substances.
Medal of Fidelity
This four-letter acronym describes a service member who leaves their post without permission and fails to return.
What is AWOL (Absent Without Leave)?
This 2019 film, shot to look like one continuous take, follows two British soldiers delivering a crucial message in World War I.
What is 1917?
This 1944 law provided education and housing benefits to returning WWII veterans.
What is the GI Bill?
This European country holds a National Day of Remembrance on May 4, followed by Liberation Day on May 5, to honor its war dead and celebrate freedom.
What is the Netherlands
This is the name of the Massachusetts Act Honoring, Empowering, and Recognizing Our servicemembers and veterans
What is the HERO Act
The term for a military dining hall comes from this old French word meaning “a portion of food.”
What is "Mess" from the original French "mets"
This 1978 drama explores the emotional toll of the Vietnam War on returning soldiers and their families.
What is Coming Home?
This term refers to the difficulty veterans may face when adjusting to civilian life after service
What is reintegration
In this country, people wear red poppies and observe a moment of silence at 11 a.m. on November 11 to honor fallen soldiers.
What is the United Kingdom
According to the state’s Veterans Legacy Trail project, Massachusetts is home to more than this many war memorials honoring service members.
what is over 1,200. Please visit the Massachusetts Veterans Legacy Trail site!