lambo35 Posted May 18, 2019 Share #26 Posted May 18, 2019 Many books on the Iwo Jima campaign will show the 16" bayonet still in use by the USMC. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 18, 2019 Share #27 Posted May 18, 2019 One can see them too in the footage of the Battle of San Pietro, this being December 1943. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 19, 2019 Share #28 Posted May 19, 2019 Found one, an 82nd Abn Div GI in June 1943 in Africa during a training problem, if you look closely he has it's scabbard on it, for safety precautions I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Rob Posted June 14, 2019 Share #29 Posted June 14, 2019 36th Combat Engineers at the Anzio breakout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 20, 2019 Share #30 Posted June 20, 2019 Believe these are Rangers of the 2nd Ranger Battalion at Cp Forrest Tennessee in the summer of 1943. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolas75 Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share #31 Posted June 29, 2019 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 22, 2023 Share #32 Posted September 22, 2023 Not overseas, and probably taken in 1943 at one of the Infantry Replacement Training Centers, looks like a Mock Up Village right., Cool shot of the long bayonet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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