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Marines Bayonet Practice
Date taken: May 1942
Photographer: John Florea
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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
To my knowledge, no left-handed garlands were every made. Photo's showing lefty equipment are reflections, either by the mechanism of the camera or for print/formatting purposes. Here is how it really happened...
...unless of course he was holding his garand left handed all along. can't tell in the photo. I can't make out the screw head on the bayonet grip - so I think it's a reflected picture.
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Originally Posted by Daan Kemp
