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Originally Posted by SK  We were issued those Mickey Mouse boots (that's also what we called them) when stationed up in Alaska. They're rubber and white in color and you inflate air in them for a good fit. Damn..your feet would sweat like crazy when it was 0 degrees outside. They're completely different than mountain boots, which are basically cold weather hiking boots..we had to buy those. |
I remember being issued those micky mouse boots also...but the ones I had were black....in Germany. They were warm, but heavy and cumbersome.... ALSO, big problem with them was people enjoyed having warm feet to the point they would not change their socks for days/weeks.....the cases of winter Trench Foot was awful.....they would be laid up in bed for weeks letting their feet heal.....then they would loose a stripe because they had been told repeatedly to make sure socks were changed daily to prevent just this..... and they assured leaders that they had....(it was quite obvious who had and had not changed their socks.....after a few days, heat and wet, not only was the foot going to hell, but the socks rotted also.....)
