In his excellent book U.S. Army uniforms of the Vietnam War, Shelby Stanton states that " In 1969, as a part of the Delta Footwear program, the Army ordered 42,700 pairs of lace-in zippers for tropical combat boots as a quick-release mechanism." Apparently, initially MACV restricted lace-in zi
UNISSUED GENUINE VIETNAM JUNGLE COMBAT TROPICAL BOOTS 14 XN (1967)
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