"This road march, known as Operation Bayonet Thrust, provides a highly-visible demonstration of the U.S.'s commitment to Europe and the resolve of the NATO alliance," said Chief Warrant Officer 2 ...

Seconds later and out of ammunition, the lieutenant leapt over a river bank and killed a second insurgent machine-gunner with a single thrust of his bayonet in the man's chest. The officer was one ...

This convoy, one of three known as Operation Bayonet Thrust, is the capstone event for the paratroopers of Company D, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, who have spent the past five months ...

In this war, as in the last, at military training schools across the world, instructor sergeants taught their charges to lunge, thrust and parry. Bayonets in hand, recruits were exhorted to plunge ...

But it seems someone was smiling down on the young squaddie when an advancing German's bayonet struck a silver cigarette case and the spiritual tome he carried in his top pocket. When Corporal ...

The essence of bayonet fighting is to spring forward -- “Spring, not hop!” Hall bellowed to recruits -- from a modified crouch and thrust the blade into the enemy. Recruits are taught how to ...

He wanted to fight Nazis. “As I recall, the Canadian infantry was always doing bayonet training – stabbing straw-filled dummies, parry, thrust, shouting. It made an impression on me.” ...