TITLE:        Why Americans Put Metal Plates In Their Boots 👞
CHANNEL:      The Art Of War  (@theartofwarrr)
URL:          https://youtube.com/watch?v=FLkAJMINb9M
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US soldiers would intentionally put metal plates in their boots before going

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FULL SCRIPT:
US soldiers would intentionally put metal plates in their boots before going into the Vietnamese jungle during the war. You see, Vietnamese fighters often built puny stick traps with sharpened spikes that could pierce through a foot and disable a soldier instantly. That's why the Americans started sewing metal plates into their boots, snapping the spikes and allowing them to escape.

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[000.16] US soldiers would intentionally put
[001.76] metal plates in their boots before going
[003.52] into the Vietnamese jungle during the
[005.12] war. You see, Vietnamese fighters often
[007.12] built puny stick traps with sharpened
[008.88] spikes that could pierce through a foot
[010.64] and disable a soldier instantly. That's
[012.72] why the Americans started sewing metal
[014.40] plates into their boots, snapping the
[016.08] spikes and allowing them to escape.
