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Video: British Corporal Jones: "It was us or them."


1 posted on 09/28/2012 8:53:06 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Un-freakin’ believable.

This guy has more manliness in his thumbs than most guys have even in their dreams.


2 posted on 09/28/2012 8:56:20 AM PDT by Doctor 2Brains (If the government were Paris Hilton, it could not score a free drink in a bar full of lonely sailors)
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To: KeyLargo

Did he read them their Miranda Rights first? < /sarc >


3 posted on 09/28/2012 8:56:51 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
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To: KeyLargo

KILL - that’s the spirit of the bayonet

Glad to see it’s still being taught in basic


8 posted on 09/28/2012 9:21:53 AM PDT by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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To: KeyLargo

Hard to imagine making an 80m charge into enemy fire with such huge brass ones weighing you down.


10 posted on 09/28/2012 9:29:50 AM PDT by CheeseDoc
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To: KeyLargo

I hope the bayonets were well-greased with pig fat.


11 posted on 09/28/2012 9:30:18 AM PDT by expat2
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To: KeyLargo
Given some of the past performance issues of the L85 Enfield, the bayonet may have been the only deadly weapon at hand...


13 posted on 09/28/2012 9:38:32 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: KeyLargo

Corporal Sean Jones lead 3 riflemen in a bayonet charge against the enemy while under fire.

Bathouse Barry leads with his rear.


16 posted on 09/28/2012 9:40:00 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: KeyLargo

There *are* still some Brits of the old archetype, though they are an endangered species.


19 posted on 09/28/2012 10:07:24 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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