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 Post subject: Transition from the Brown Boot Army
PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:41 am 
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When I was taking my basic combat training in the Army at Fort Ord, the drill sergeants would sometimes make a reference to the "Brown Boot Army." They might say something like, "Son, back in the Brown Boot Army we would have never stood for that."

At one time, the boots and shoes in the Army were made of leather died brown. This must have changed around 1958 or 59. When my cousin Rich Kaulen got drafted in June 1959, he was bussed from LA up to Fort Ord. Not long after they arrived there, they were given their issue of uniforms, including foot gear. They were issued brown boots and shoes, and a bottle of black shoe die. They were instructed to sit outside the supply room and die the foot gear black, but not to get a drop of die on the pavement.


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