GlobalNav,
...come visit my home town and I'll make sure you can have all the beer, butter, eggs, bacon, steak etc. you like...
So said your generous, hospitable grandparents (bless them) 70+ years ago - but we were so full of good food from the Mess Hall that we hardly had room for the ice cream and pecan pie when we got to town !
Fortunately we have recovered from wartime austerity, and no longer need "Bundles for Britain" - to the extent that obesity is a major problem here, too. (It is a matter of record that the British people were never so fit as during the war years).
...I wonder if provisions for British senior officers were also austere?...
AFAIK, yes - at least the ones I came in contact with. But we didn't grudge Churchill his cigars and his champagne breakfasts - he was special.
...But your money won't be any good here at all...
It's not much good over here either these days.
Danny.