This photo shows a container of WWII Army USAAF Water Purification Tablets. These tablets were used by the soldiers while they were on duty. Clean, Purified, water was very hard to find in the countries they were fighting in, so they would fill their canteens with unclean water. Because it was the last resort, they would drop these tablets in the water. Each tablet held chlorine bleach, which would be the ingredient to "purify" the water.
Source:
http://www.olive-drab.com/od_medical_other_waterpurif.php
Ebay link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-WWII-Army-USAAF-Water-Purification-Tablets-/260745258054?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb5a0e446#ht_500wt_1156
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