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Golf1echo · 12-16-2020, 06:07

A recent conversation came up regarding Corcoran Jump Boots. Even though it was a long time ago I remember going to the PX at Fort Benning and buying a pair before leaving for Fort Bragg. I remember at the time someone explained the symbolism in the design of the boots but now am a little sketchy on the details. Something about what the circles on the toe piece meant, number of States perhaps? I thought. There were some other elements that had significance too?

In searching the web I didn’t pull up much on that, more about the original design of the jump boots, function and where the term leg came from.

Perhaps it was just barracks talk, it seemed interesting at the time?

12-16-2020, 06:07	#1
Golf1echo Area Commander Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Western Carolina in the rainforest,4000' along the Eastern Cont. Div. Posts: 1,427	Cocroran Jump Boots A recent conversation came up regarding Corcoran Jump Boots. Even though it was a long time ago I remember going to the PX at Fort Benning and buying a pair before leaving for Fort Bragg. I remember at the time someone explained the symbolism in the design of the boots but now am a little sketchy on the details. Something about what the circles on the toe piece meant, number of States perhaps? I thought. There were some other elements that had significance too? In searching the web I didn’t pull up much on that, more about the original design of the jump boots, function and where the term leg came from. Perhaps it was just barracks talk, it seemed interesting at the time? __________________ "It is because they have so much to give and give it so lavishly...that men love the mountains and go back to them again and again." Sir Francis Younghusband Essayons By Dand "In the school of the wilds,there is no graduation day"Horace Kephart Last edited by Golf1echo; 12-16-2020 at 06:09.
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