Butter Boots!

K077, May 28 - July 22, 1982

A young woman has allowed me to use one of her stories. So, a little background on the boots that were issued to us at boot camp. We called them boondockers. Some called them Chukka boots. It did not matter what you called them, they were horrible fitting and had zero cushion.
I was fortunate to have feet that took the abuse without blisters when I was younger. Others were not so lucky. I have a story to share on that later.

The process spoken of creates butter boots, soft better fitting boots to reduce blisters. We wore those for 12 hours or more each day. We were not allowed to remove them during the day.

Thanks, Shawn, for letting me share.


K077, May 28 - July 22, 1982.

What was the funniest thing that happed during boot camp? Me? Since I was prior service (Army), I knew lots of things that could help people. The first thing I did in reception was to tell everyone to take their evening shower with their boon dockers on, keep them on all night and sleep on them. They’ll dry overnight, and you’ll never get blisters while breaking in your new boots. Half the company said no that they didn’t tell us to do that and we’ll get in trouble. The other half followed me bare-assed into the showers, and we had a great time taking a long shower. (Laughing at the impending blisters to the others that is.) In the morning, our boots felt like butter. They were so soft and fit in every place. The other half bitched for a month about blisters. We “butter boots” just laughed.

(Side note, I found it interesting I was in C077 and she was in K077. C denotes a male company, K denotes a female company. But we were separated by many years,)