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Title |
WWII Army Boots, c. 1942-1946 |
Object Name |
Uniform, Military |
Description |
WWII Army Boots, c. 1942-1946. Dark brown leather shoes with low heels and wood/rubber soles. Shoes end about an inch above the ankle. On the seam where the toe cap meets the shoe body is a decorative pattern of tiny punched-out holes on the top piece of leather. The laces are brown fabric. The tread is black and has worn off on the bottom of the shoes except for an indented circle on the center of each heel, and smaller circles around the heels and at the toes. The inside is unlined, and has additional pieces of leather at the bottom. |
Date |
c. 1942-1946 |
Creator |
Unknown |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
2018.005.009A-B |
Dimensions |
H-6.25 W-4 D-12.25 inches |
Dimension Details |
per individual shoe |
Collection |
3D - Personal Symbols |
Inscription Text |
"11 / B" (stamped into the leather at the center of each insole) |
Provenance |
This belonged to Peter A. Ryan, Jr. who was born at 505 Marshall Street in Redwood City. Ryan worked at Ryan Pharmacy before and after serving in WWII. During the war, he was stationed at Baxter General Hospital in Spokane, WA as a pharmacist in the hospital pharmacy, as part of the Ninth Service Command. |
Notes |
"The Army Service Forces were one of the three autonomous components of the Army of the United States during World War II, the others being the Army Air Forces and Army Ground Forces." They were created in 1942. "Army Service Forces brought together elements of five different components of the Army: elements of the War Department General Staff, especially its G-4 component; the Office of the Under Secretary of War; the eight administrative bureaux; the nine corps areas, which became the service commands; and the six supply arms and services, which became known as the technical services." The Ninth Service Command covered the western states. The service commands were responsible for various logistical aspects of maintaining the army. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Service_Forces; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corps_area 03/26/2018] Baxter General Hospital opened in Spokane, WA in 1943 as a temporary military hospital. More information at http://www.historylink.org/File/10111 [accessed 03/26/2018] |
Search Terms |
Boots Military Uniforms Shoes Uniforms United States Army War Service World War II World War Two WWII |
Subjects |
Boots Military hospitals Military service Military uniforms Shoes Uniforms World War II |
People |
Ryan, Jr., Peter A. |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Kathleen Ryan |