Misfit 45 Posted July 9, 2019 Share #1 Posted July 9, 2019 Here's an interesting presentation M6 bayonet. The inscription says: To Col. Nichols, 705th MT BN, 8 Nov 66-4 Mar 68, FROM THE OFFICERS. The handle is very heavy. Solid cast brass. Is that enough information to find out who this Colonel is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misfit 45 Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share #2 Posted July 9, 2019 Left side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misfit 45 Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted July 9, 2019 The other side looks the same. The re-size function says the pic is too big, go figure. Same camera, same everything. Marv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7thEvac Posted July 9, 2019 Share #4 Posted July 9, 2019 Nice knife! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznation Posted July 9, 2019 Share #5 Posted July 9, 2019 Publication: Mt. Vernon Register-News Location: Mt Vernon, Illinois Issue Date: Wednesday, December 28, 1966 Page: Page 9 FORT CARSON, Colo - Lt. Col. Frankie J. Nichols, new commander of the 705th Maintenance Battalion at Fort Carson, became an ordnaneeman by chance. Originally from Mount Vernon, Ill., he was a draftee in World War II, serving as a medic with the Third Army in Europe. Two of Colonel Nichols' assignments have been with Military Assistance Advisory Groups, with the Nationalist cninese Army and the Imperial Iranian Army. He was in Thule, Greenland, in 1952, commanding an ordnance company in the 373rd Transportation Major Port Command, while the BMEWS air base there was under construction. He returned to France in 1963, serving at Orleans as maintenance operations officer for all depot maintenance in the theater. Between overseas tours he has been project officer in the Redstone missile program, attended the ordnance advanced course at Aberdeen Proving Ground and Command and General Staff School and, in his most recent assignment, been chief of the maintenance engineering section at CONARC headquarters at Fort Monroe, Va. Mrs. Nichols is the former Wanda Buck of East St. Louis. Their elder son, George, is an Army private at Fort Lee, Va. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznation Posted July 9, 2019 Share #6 Posted July 9, 2019 Publication: Mt. Vernon Register-News Location: Mt Vernon, Illinois Issue Date: Thursday, July 10, 1969 Page: Page 15 Lieutenant Colonel Frankie J. Nichols has been named 2nd Logistical Command deputy chief of staff. The former executive officer to the command's director of maintenance operations took over his new assignment June 21st. Born Nov. 2, 1924 at Mount Vernon, Colonel Nichols was drafted into the Army in 1943. He received a direct commission to second lieutenant in 1946 while serving with the 903rd Ordnance Heavy Automotive Maintenance Company in France. In the 1950s, Colonel Nichols carried out assignments with the 244th Ordnance Depot at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, the Detroit Military District, MAAG (Military Advisory Assistance Group) Formosa and MAAG Iran, and the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Redstone Arsenal. From 1963 to 1966, Colonel Nichols was Depot Maintenance Operations Officer with the U.S. Army Supply and Maintenance Agency in Orleans, France. Beginning in November, 1966, he served a year and one half as commanding officer of the 705th Maintenance Battalion of the 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized), For Carson, Colo. Prior to assuming his duties in 2d Log's Directorate for Maintenance Operations in April, 1969, Colonel Nichols was with the Army Material Command at Long Binh, Vietnam. Colonel Nichols is a graduate of the Ordnance Officer's Advanced Course held at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and the Army Command and General Staff College. Awards and decorations Colonel Nichols has received include the Legion of Merit, Army Commendation Medal with First Oak Leaf Cluster, the Good Conduct Medal and the Vietnamese Service Medal with two Battle Stars. Colonel Nichols is married to the former Wanda Buck and has two sons and a daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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aznation Posted July 9, 2019 Share #20 Posted July 9, 2019 A really beautiful presentation bayonet. Congratulations! Love it! -- Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misfit 45 Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share #21 Posted July 9, 2019 WOW! That's some unbelievable research. Thank you so very much, Matt.\ Marv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznation Posted July 9, 2019 Share #22 Posted July 9, 2019 You're very welcome Marv. Really cool bayonet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedon Posted July 9, 2019 Share #23 Posted July 9, 2019 That is what I was going to say. Some outstanding research! Very inpressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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