What They Didn't Teach You About World War II by Mike Wright

What They Didn't Teach You About World War II by Mike Wright

Author:Mike Wright [Wright, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: WWII, eBook
ISBN: 9780891417231
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2000-10-24T07:00:00+00:00


Army recruit being measured for boots holds buckets of sand to simulate weight of full field equipment. Because they were on their feet for long hours, recruits regularly saw the size of their shoes increase by more than a full size during World War II.

Recruits at Women's Army Auxiliary Corps School at Ft. Des Moines, Iowa, receive clothing issue. WAACs later became WACs, the Women's Army Corps. At its peak, the WACs had 99,000 women in uniform. July 20, 1942.

U.S. Army enlisted man tries on a pair of shoepacs. The Quartermaster Corps tried to devise boots and shoes for diverse conditions and climates. These cold weather boots had leather tops and rubber bottoms.



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