TIL that the top secret SOG operators in the Vietnam war had trouble hiding their boot prints on Viet Cong trails, even trying special boots with bare footprint soles. They eventually collected 20,000 pairs of used boots from US combat hospitals and air dropped them to the NVA and Viet Cong.

https://spycraft101.com/leave-no-trace-disguising-footprints-in-the-jungles-of-sout…
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