The all leather combat boots weren't practical for jungle use, which is why the military developed the Jungle Boots prior to World War II. As with other combat boots these were originally brown ...

The boots will go on display as part of the regiment’s history, and a symbol of the World War II legacy of the 82nd Airborne Division. Almost 74 years after his death, a part of Humphrey has ...

Nov. 11—BELFAST, Maine — All across the country, after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States found itself in the thick of World War II overnight, communities both large and ...

It wasn't the only boot that saw improvement during World War II, as the Service Shoe gave way to the "Boots, Combat Service" version that has been more commonly known as the "Double Buckle Boots." ...

During WWII, US soldiers needed durable, hardwearing footwear to traverse a variety of terrain. The Navy’s answer: the N-1 field shoes, aka “Boondockers” (military slang for describing a wooded, rural ...

From the time his boots hit Utah Beach at Normandy on June 8, 1944, to the day his combat duty ended with a shrapnel wound in his thigh three months later in the early days of the Battle of Metz ...

The boot tag was found in a cave on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, Southeast Asia. It was recently returned to the son of WWII Marine and Fitchburg resident Joseph McLellan. (COURTESY PHIL ...

Dr. Martens boots have been around since the end of World War II. (Screengrab via Dr. Martens) Unless you’ve turned your COVID-19 quarantine into a lengthy stay underneath a rock, you may be ...

Rishi Sharma has met more than 1,100 World War II combat ... Burns served in the 42nd Infantry “Rainbow” Division of the U.S. Army during the war and was one of the first boots on the ...