Vietnam War Army Boots
The jungle boot had a black leather lower and an olive drab canvas later nylon upper.
Vietnam war army boots. Army units were equipped with the m 1945 tropical combat boot. In 1965 a boot incorporating most of the improvements developed since the end of world war ii for tropical climates was adopted by the u s. Military as the m 1966 jungle boot 1 7 developed by the natick laboratories and the shoe industry. The leather boots saw continued use through out the war in rear areas aviation and other circumstances where a nylon boot was not desirable.
In the early years of the vietnam war some u s. There are seven basic patterns of boots used during the vietnam war. The soles of these are spike protective made to protect soldiers from stepping on booby trap spikes buried in the jungle. Description the original u s.
Bata spike protective 1960s green vietnam hot weather jungle boots 13 n jj 333. These boots have od green canvas uppers leather bottoms and feature panama soles. Both of these boots had a direct molded sole. Government jungle boot designed for the terrain of vietnam.
There are two versions of the all leather combat boot which was the principal boot worn when us troops deployed to vietnam. Nwt 1960 s us army vietnam war era jungle boots size 10n.