Ladder Lacing

[sgtbrown]

Originally posted by chris vickery
Tom, not sure on the ladder lacing techniques, but I believe that was how we were to have our boots done while on parade when I was in Cadets.
I have also heard that this was standard practice in the Commonwealth forces.
I also spoke with a former OSS commando who told me one way to identify an unknown soldiers nationality was to sneak up on them and feel the lacing on their boots to determine whether they were a friendly or not. Truth, urban legend, I'm not sure.
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Wish I could remember the source but I can only say it was told to me, not something I read. The teller spoke of his father who was seconded to a British area. The first thing they made him do was remove his US boots and switch to ammo boots. The reason? He would be walking around in the dark and there were many Gurkas out there hidden in "spider holes". As you walked past, they would reach up and feel your shoes. If what they felt wasn't right, your head and torso would soon part company with the swing of a kurkri!

Tom