Did Hollywood make any good banana war films.

Lawrence of Arabia.  1962   Any war film by Samuel Fuller. ... including these. The Big Red One.... 1980 The Steel Helmet (1951): Often cited as the first film about the Korean War. Fixed Bayonets! (1951): Focuses on a group of soldiers holding a mountain pass in Korea. Hell and High Water (1954): A Cold War submarine film. China Gate (1957): Set during the French war in Indochina. Verboten! (1959): Drama set in post-WWII Germany. Merrill's Marauders (1962): Depicts the U.S. Army's long-range penetration jungle warfare unit in Burma.     Film about Ernie Pyle... WW2 Reporter The Story of G.I. Joe 1945    The Red Badge of Courage 1951    

This might already be common knowledge, but has anyone else ever noticed the use of a “WT” M1 Bayonet in Band of Brothers Episode 5?   See screen shots below from right around the 38:37 mark of the ‘Crossroads’ episode.     Also shows Greek numbering on guard so I guess you can add that to the list of ‘inaccuracies’…

Thats pretty cool Ronnie. Hard to find too as no one wanted anyone to know they were wearing one. I have one.. Yours is in better shape than mine.. Nice !!!    

1936 - Charge of the Light Brigade

the one on the left   

The USNS Kula Gulf T-AKV-8 originally the WW2 escort carrier CVE-108. This ship was transferred to the Military Sealift Transport Service in 1965 and used to ferry aircraft to Vietnam. The Kula Gulf ferried aircraft to and from Vietnam until 1969, it was then stricken from the Navy in 1970. Scrapped in 1971. 

Here's the link to the wayback machine page for the site.    https://web.archive.org/web/20130601000000*/https://hglanham.tripod.com/metalinsignia2/datingclutches.html

That old web page with all the clutch fastener information is down. The Wayback Machine had it archives. A few pics are gone but it's nice to have this as a pdf.   Dating Metallic Insignia_ Clutch Fasteners.pdf

So there’s a possibility they were paratrooper gloves?