Quote Originally Posted by BoldHighlander View Post
Good lord, when was this?
I was in the Army during Desert Shield/Storm, and we didn't have to do this (actually my boots fit rather well from the start).

Now my 2nd cousin (who served in WWII with Merrill's Marauders), had to have his boots custom made. Seems they didn't have size 14!
1995 at Ft Jackson SC if you can believe that dude. Every one of in my platoon were probably "whining" about how tight our boots were fitting. That was the solution the Drill Sergeant came up with and to be honest it really did work great. They were my favorite pair of boots till they wore out in AIT.