U.S. forces involved in Operation Iraqi Freedom say the food over there is not too bad. That's not to say some don't get a hankerin' for some "back home" food, though.

Stewarts Original Hot Dogs in Huntington, West Virginia has come to the rescue by sending dozens of their dogs overseas. How does it all happen? Ace gets the skinny from John Mandt, Jr., the president of Stewarts.

Stewarts Original Hot Dogs owner John Mandt, Jr., pictured here on the right. On the left is John Mandt, who has retired from the biz. In the middle, the kid who will own it all one day.

John Mandt., Jr. on getting hot dogs to the troops in the Gulf

Desert Dogs being packed in dry ice for shipment to the Persian Gulf.

Huntington, West Virginia residents love their dogs ... delivered to their car doors.

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Stewarts is reputed to be one of the oldest "drive-in restaurants" in the country. Pictured here: the original staff & car hops. Today there are six Stewarts Hot Dogs, including the original.

All photos courtesy of the Huntington, West Virginia Gazette-Mail & photographer Chris Dorst.