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Ya know, the French might've gotten their idea for their bayonet charge if they had been observing some shit that went down with the 27th RCT exactly one week prior to this engagement
Oh yes, thread incoming on this #ValetinetoBayonets day
Oh yes, thread incoming on this #ValetinetoBayonets day
Feb 7, 1951 - and Company E of the 27th Infantry is pinned the eff down by enemy MG fire near Soam-Ni in Korea. They're supposed to be taking this hill but shit, as often happens, just isn't working out. Enter their commander, the mustached 31yo CPT Lewis Millett
You might be thinking, "damn, that's hella old for a captain" and yeah, you'd be right. Lew, well, he uh - he took the non traditional way into a military career. Born in Maine, raised in MA, he joined the @TheNationsFirst in 1938. But when WWII began he booked it to Canada
