On the morning of the third day, the crest of the hill was in sight and the Puerto Rican fighters decided that it was time they were atop it. While attempting to take two hilltops to the south of Seoul, South Korea in early 1951, the 65th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division fought for two days up a Chinese-held hill. 1. Two National Guard battalions shove an entire Chinese division off a hill with their bayonets. Here are 6 times America and its allies decided to press cold steel into their enemies chests, including two charges from the Global War on Terror.
Bayonet fighting is a lost art to many, but it has served as a tried and true tactic since the first riflemen realized they could use a blade if they found themselves wanting to kill something when their ammunition went empty.