Hi Steve - amazing shots. Thanks for sharing! Really great color photography that I had never scene from this era. I love the image of the 75mm validating that these were commonly used in the Pacific. We may just see Andy offer one with a few USMC loaders.
I also like the shot of the destroyed church. That would make one hell of a N. Pacific scenic item by K&C.
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Well, I can bet the knife the US Marine in the picture was wearing a REAL ONE.
They became illegal at some point do to the three sided blade. When a soldier was stabbed with one, the wound would not close up, so they became a banned weapon, along with the poison gas. At that point many of the daggers were destroyed or went into private collections. But the demand got going by WWI and WWII collectors so many fakes appeared.
Banning those weapons doesn't make much to much sense to me, since you can still burn someone alive with a flame thrower or blow them to pieces with a grenade, but who ever said war made sense ... :redface2:
--- LaRRy
I always found it ironic that Germany, in the First World War, introduced poison gas, the flamethrower, and air raids on a civilian population to modern warfare, yet filed complaints about the shotguns US troops used in the war. Yep, no sense at all. -- AlWell, I can bet the knife the US Marine in the picture was wearing a REAL ONE.
They became illegal at some point do to the three sided blade. When a soldier was stabbed with one, the wound would not close up, so they became a banned weapon, along with the poison gas. At that point many of the daggers were destroyed or went into private collections. But the demand got going by WWI and WWII collectors so many fakes appeared.
Banning those weapons doesn't make much to much sense to me, since you can still burn someone alive with a flame thrower or blow them to pieces with a grenade, but who ever said war made sense ... :redface2:
--- LaRRy
