tony curtis and skip homey both be wear black with white trim canvas shoe in the scene just before and after the swimming pond and the tank be blow up . must have be too hard on the young star foot . if the real marine have be on the mission they would have be wear boot . in the first scene they take off their leggin just before start out on their little trip to find the farmer . when they go to the area where they dig the fox hole tony and skip be wear combat boot and then later when lovejoy and curtis run into the framer and his daughter tony be wear the tennis shoe but hey have be blacken . the movie in about a true story but do they really need the love interest .