Those things were meant to double as short swords. They used Garands with the 16" M1905 bayonets, which definitely gives a man some reach. He was decorated with the Medal of Honor for it. He and his company assaulted enemy positions on a hill using bayonets and some hand grenades, resulting in the capture of the hill. The rifle portion is in very good condition. The bayonet attaches to the M-16 rifle barrel on the front of the plaque for display. The bayonet is marked 'M9' on one side and the international patent number 4,821,356 on the other side. As I recall it, his company was almost completely out of ammo. The bayonet blade is made by Marto and the other component were supplied by Phrobis. Army occurred in Korea by Colonel (then-Captain) Millet. I think the last large-scale bayonet assault by the U.S. The charge at the end of the movie never happened. IIRC, they did it to recover the guys from the missing platoon at night. Wonder how that bayonet charge in We Were Soldiers looked like irl.The actual event where they fixed bayonets and advanced did not result in any significant hand-to-hand combat. We were issued the M9 but they never left supply.The m9 is considerably thicker than the m7, the m7 feels cheap and thin compared to the m9. I saw several of them broken at bayo training.did not intstill confidence in that blade whatsoever.
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