I found this article in a recent copy of the Army Times and found it interesting.

Soldiers often slap on crinkled, fully brimmed ‘boonie” hats during hot weather.  Why did the hat pick up this unusual name?

Troops in the Philippines during the Spanish-Americal War in the late 1800s sometimes called forest the “boondocks” or “boonies”, derived from a Filipino word for mountains.

During the Vietnam War, soldiers referred to hilly jungles as “boonies” and their headgear as “boonie” hats, said Walter H. Bradford, an expert at the U.S Army Center for Military History.

I hope my friends and customers who served with honor during the Vietnam War era enjoy reading this short article.