| Hmmm, somewhere in the dusty recesses of my besotted brain I remember some Sgt telling me the blood gutters - as he called them - were to keep the knife/bayonet from being held into the enemy's body by suction...letting the Marine withdraw the weapon and poke it in again as necessary....
Hey, I believed most anything back then...
Ron __________________ Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island Lifetime Member Scottish Tartans Authority, Owner Freelanders #4 & 5 PhotoBucket Album "I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please." |