Rev War footgear
Here is a quote from the Oct 2005 issue of the Legion magazine, about something I have always wondered about whether and to what extent it is factual...
"American cavalry in the Revolutionary War were issued high-top boots, and the soldiers received low shoes. Nevertheless, Washington's troops at Valley Forge were forced to wrap their frozen, bleeding feet with strips of cloth when their issue shoes fell apart."
Now, I've also seen pictures of our GIs with wrapped feet during Korea, and WW ll... mostly in Winter.
Is or is not that story about Valley Forge true? I've read some other accounts which describe the situation they had not nearly so bleakly.
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