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US Army WW2-When Did Gaiters Finally Vanish?
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Posted: Monday, August 12, 2019 - 02:49 PM UTC
I know in 1944 the double-buckled boots came out to replace the old shoes and gaiters, but I wondered when the older footwear finally went off the scene? Ironically so many US Army figures show them wearing the older-style footwear.
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Posted: Monday, August 12, 2019 - 11:11 PM UTC

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I know in 1944 the double-buckled boots came out to replace the old shoes and gaiters, but I wondered when the older footwear finally went off the scene? Ironically so many US Army figures show them wearing the older-style footwear.


After April 1945. There were doughs stuck with the leggings until VE-Day.

The Marines used them through to Korea.
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