Geoff, I'm pretty sure that's Gene Sernan, the last man to walk on the moon, and yes he was Navy.I also like the middle guy's WEP. Do we know who he is and if he's Navy? Wouldn't be Scott Carpenter, would it?
sealbeachbum said:Geoff, I'm pretty sure that's Gene Sernan, the last man to walk on the moon, and yes he was Navy.I also like the middle guy's WEP. Do we know who he is and if he's Navy? Wouldn't be Scott Carpenter, would it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Cernan
Hamsterbear said:One thing I noticed about those "ancient" photos is how primitive the field gear is that they are using- the Brunton compass in a leather pouch on the belt, a huge tape recorder with a shoulder strap that probably weighed a ton with a dozen "D" batteries in it, military jackets and caps/gloves, regular denim jeans, standard issue Corcoran jump boots, an old 35mm film camera.......
unclegrumpy said:I agree, I don't think those are Army "jump" boots, but rather the Air Force version. I don't think those are "boondockers" either, since those would be roughouts. What they look like to me is a pair of Redwings I had in the 1970's.
dav3469 said:Not sure about the make, but I believe Naval Aviators are known for their "brown shoes" vs their "black shoe" ship driving bretheren.
unclegrumpy said:I agree, I don't think those are Army "jump" boots, but rather the Air Force version. I don't think those are "boondockers" either, since those would be roughouts. What they look like to me is a pair of Redwings I had in the 1970's.
Technically, the Army shoes your are referring to were known as "service shoes". They were nicknamed "roughouts" because the rough side of the leather was on the outside.....just like the version the Navy and Marines wore....which the Marines called "field shoes", but they are more commonly known by the nickname "boondockers"....because that is where you were destined to go if you had those on your feet.Monsoon said:Navy would wear Marine boondockers. Roughouts would be Army/Army Air Force.
Boondockers and roughouts look very simliar, except that boondockers would have more of a pointed tow.
unclegrumpy said:Technically, the Army shoes your are referring to were known as "service shoes". They were nicknamed "roughouts" because the rough side of the leather was on the outside.....just like the version the Navy and Marines wore....which the Marines called "field shoes", but they are more commonly known by the nickname "boondockers"....because that is where you were destined to go if you had those on your feet.
sealbeachbum said:Geoff, I'm pretty sure that's Gene Sernan, the last man to walk on the moon, and yes he was Navy.I also like the middle guy's WEP. Do we know who he is and if he's Navy? Wouldn't be Scott Carpenter, would it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Cernan