Boots O Boots

I reported to FT Thomas Kentucky on Oct 9 1959 for induction into the Army. I was( RA ) After being processed & sworn in We were taken to supply for our
uniforms & shoes & Boots. I was lucky, I was supplied with one pair of Black & one pair of Brown Boots. I went to a SSgt and informed him that I was issued a wrong pair of boots. He just smiled & proceeded to tell by morning reveille I'd better have 2 pair of black boots. So I got some black dye & lighter fluid & preceded to make them black I would put dye on and immediately squirt lighter fluid on them & set them on fire. Well by next morning I had the best & shiniest pair of black boots of the whole group &
They were my go to parade boots for 3 years until they wore out.

Ken Maxey, Colorado Springs Colo.

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