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MaydayWei

MaydayWei

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B-Man2 said:
My dad had a pair of these . He brought them home from the service . I remember him wearing them to work as an auto mechanic back in the early 1950s . I always wanted a pair but never got around to getting them . I had a birthday a few weeks ago and thought to myself “ What the hell are you waiting for? You’re not getting any younger”
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Happy Belated Birthday! Sorry we missed it but I'm sure I speak for everyone on here when I say that we hope you had a wonderful and memorable one with close friends and family.
 
Dimitry M

Dimitry M

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Got my self a pair of rough out m1943's for my bday yesterday!
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Dimitry M

Dimitry M

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MaydayWei said:
Happy belated Bday! Hope you had a good one, mate! Break 'em in around the house?
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yes i have been wearing them. I wore them to my reenactment too. I got to drive a Jeep for the first time and my mother bought me the most beautiful ring. A WWII Army Air Force ring.
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sterling silver and 10kt gold. it is stamped P.S. CO anyone herd of them? The entire orig enlisted getup was given to me also from a group member!
 
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ausreenactor

ausreenactor

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B-Man2 said:
My dad had a pair of these . He brought them home from the service . I remember him wearing them to work as an auto mechanic back in the early 1950s . I always wanted a pair but never got around to getting them . I had a birthday a few weeks ago and thought to myself “ What the hell are you waiting for? You’re not getting any younger”
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Ditch those laces Burt!

Have a couple of pairs...

About to Dubbin these bad boys...

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ausreenactor

ausreenactor

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Smithy

Smithy

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One thing that I find interesting is how US boots in the war were usually crossed laced whereas for example NZ troops (and I imagine that British maybe were the same - can someone confirm this) were required by regulations to have their boots straight laced so that a medic or stretcher bearer could quickly remove a boot if needed by easily running a blade through the laces. Was there a reason why the US cross laced?
 
B-Man2

B-Man2

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Thanks to all of you guys for the B-Day wishes.
Very kind of you all . I appreciate all of you . :)
 
B-Man2

B-Man2

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Smithy said:
One thing that I find interesting is how US boots in the war were usually crossed laced whereas for example NZ troops (and I imagine that British maybe were the same - can someone confirm this) were required by regulations to have their boots straight laced so that a medic or stretcher bearer could quickly remove a boot if needed by easily running a blade through the laces. Was there a reason why the US cross laced?
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I don’t know the answer to that Tim. Most US Military boots are cross laced unless they are dress or parade boots . The airborne used to straight lace their dress boots after they went from Brown to Black jump boots . They used white parachute shroud lines for contrast and straight laced them. Of course there was always a couple of over achievers that went a little overboard , like this guy ;)
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ES335

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B-Man2 said:
I don’t know the answer to that Tim. Most US Military boots are cross laced unless they are dress or parade boots . The airborne used to straight lace their dress boots after they went from Brown to Black jump boots . They used white parachute shroud lines for contrast and straight laced them. Of course there was always a couple of over achievers that went a little overboard , like this guy ;)
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Juuuuust a bit too glam for military...
 
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