Kenworth W990: What's with the gaiters?

By Aaron Marsh

In the American Civil War, some soldiers wore gaiters, a protective legging that would keep rocks and dirt out of boots (or brogans, if you’ve ever heard that word) that were often only ankle-high. Some WWI GIs had “puttees,” which work similarly. Lo …Read the rest of this story

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