[Milsurplus] WW2 South Pacific? radio photos

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At 10:29 PM 11/18/2016, Ron Lawrence W4RON wrote:
>Those spatz look real comfortable... Can anyone tell me what the 
>purpose of spatz are anyway?

As I recall, they were to keep trouser legs tight so that debris 
would not get into one's shoes and socks.
In other words they were used until the Army eventually issued 
high-top boots, which have continued
up to the present.

Perry  w8au