Two bandoleers each and bayonets fixed. Just finished writing a piece on combat loads in Korea for the Fall GCAJournal, and that's standard. Some really surprising info in the survey interviewing 600 combat vets in late 1951. BTW I used that photo in the article.
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Contrary to popular belief, the bayonet was not obsolete. The vets reported 150 different bayonet engagements between July 1950 and October 1951.Information
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