The lads of the A.E.F. were grateful to be issued European spiral-puttees in place of their canvas gaiters -which did them no good whatever in the dampness of Northern Europe; however, as the attached W.W. I photos so clearly indicate (as does this cartoon by Walgren), not many Yanks were as proficient at wrapping puttees as the upper brass had hoped.
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