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10-04-2016 07:48 AM
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Interesting boots he has, are they an extension added to rough outs? I've never seen those...
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They look like period 'lumberjack boots' to me.
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Interesting boots he has, are they an extension added to rough outs? I've never seen those...
They almost look like Corcoran Jump Boots to me, similar soles and heels, the seam at the upper and outsole, seem very close. I am just not at all sure what is going on at the top side of the upper. I had a set of Corcorans years ago, nice boot can't recall what happened to them...
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Looks like another 03 on the guy with the field expedient jerry can stool.
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Originally Posted by
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They almost look like Corcoran Jump Boots to me,
No, not even close. When I was a recruit, my PPCLI instructor had a set of Oxblood Corcorans...these aren't even close. Look at the upper lacing. It's speedlacing like the lumberjack boots.
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Do you know where the picture was taken, Mark, please? It looks like a rock face or cliff in the background but, apparently, they're not on a beech. Could it be Italy
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Corcorans
Generally pronounced "Cockran" -- these ain't them. The front of the heel on Corcorans are slant cut to reduce changes of catching when you "shuffle to the door" -- these are straight.
Real men measure once and cut.
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Pfc. Edward J Foley of the 143rd Infantry, 36th Infantry Division, near Velletri, Italy, May 29, 1944.
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Yeah, they are not your standard issue Corcoran Browns. The straight cut heel suggests something other than issued boots. Absolutely not WWII Jump boots and not lumber jack boots either as they have an extreme heel almost to the point of a cowboy boot type heel. Looking through my WWII uniform books I don't find these :/
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