Here’s a story from the summer of 1943.
It was apparantly quite popular as filler since it was picked up by quite a few newspapers at the time.
LONG DISTANCE RUN, NATURAL STYLE
CAMP BEALE, Calif. — (AP) — Sergeants of the Armorer Force can demand an extra amount of respect from rookies today all because of the feet of Technical Sergeant Harmon Ligon of the 13th Armored Division stationed here. He started out on a 25-mile dismounted road march with his company. After four miles the sergeant was champing at the bit, annoyed at the slow pace. Came the first halt and he stayed behind. He was last seen fidgeting exasperatingly with his shoes as the column shoved off. Twenty-one miles after the initial halt, a barefoot soldier, running too fast to be identified, passed the weary column and fell into the proper cadence only when he reached the front rank. It was Sergeant Ligon.
I just can’t figure out why it took him 21 miles to catch up.
Ahcuah 
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