What are the differences with the American Jump Boots (US Airborne-Soldiers)?
Attached Images • Jump Boots CA1.JPG (152.7 KB, 5 views) • Jump Boots CA2.JPG (150.4 KB, 4 views) Soldat:Dienstgrab:Vermisst:Einheit: Reply With Quote December 5th, 2007 02:53 PM #2 PzJgr Drill Instructor Join Date Dec 2000 Location Texas Ambassador to Ohio Posts 7,233 Salute! 320 Saluted 367 Times in 250 Posts Re: American / Canadian Jump Boots I know that the American Jump Boots were taller than the regular army boots. Army jump boot design started by combining features from existing use by others, including German parachutists, units who started earlier than the U.S. and had already participated in combat in Europe, and U.S. Forest Service “smoke jumpers”. The Marine Corps also had parachute units and experiments had shown the need for special footwear after broken bones were suffered.In August of 1942 the “Boots, Jumper, Parachute” was standardized, a tall laced boot with 11 to 13 pairs of lacing eyes depending on the foot size. It was a clean design that dropped straps and other r
