mess hall

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Another photo showed a grinning Kim sitting with Ju Ae at a table in the ship's mess hall, surrounded by uniformed marines eating instant rice meals.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Critics of the leasing program argued that Building 13’s prime location, architectural value and original function as a mess hall made it an ideal community building.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

“But by the time we got those, the only set we had left to build was the mess hall that you walked into, which was part of the zoo lab,” said production designer Andy Nicholson.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025

Recently, I saw Denis in the mess hall and asked him one last question that had been gnawing at the back of my mind.

From Slate • May 19, 2025

“I did not join the Marines to stand in front of a blackboard,” Johnny Manuelito said as a group of us sat around together in the mess hall on our last day at Camp Elliott.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac