Rangers, BARs and bayonets, 70 years ago today

Men of the 3rd Ranger Company, 3rd Infantry Division, adjust their gear before undertaking a dawn combat patrol across the Imjin River, Korea. 17 April 1951. Korea.

Signal Corps Photo # 8A/FEC-51-12902 (Welter). From U.S. Army Archives.

Note the BAR M1918 on the left, the “broken TV” patch of the 3ID, fixed bayonets on the Garands, and the M2 select-fire Carbine with its distinctive cone flash-hider to the right.

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