Original U.S. WWII M1942 Garand Rifle 16 inch Bayonet by PAL with M3 Scabbard - dated 1942 U.S. Artillery indicative of the Flight Crew

indicative of the Flight Crew Paratrooper

The crewman's leather name patch is still intact on the left chest and reads R

Pearson in HIS MAJESTY’S ship Serapis with Paul Jones of the American Ship of War called BonHomme Richard: in which Action the former was taken while the Countess of Scarborough was also captured by the Pallas frigate

and it lacked a heavy bomber force

Jean de Lattre de Tassigny

Original U.S. WWII M1942 Garand Rifle 16 inch Bayonet by PAL with M3 Scabbard - dated 1942 U.S. Artillery indicative of the Flight CrewOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition U. S. M1942 bayonet for the M1 Garand Rifle, complete with the correct WWII Issue M3 fiberglass scabbard. Technically, this bayonet is considered an M1905 bayonet by the U. S. Army, manufactured in 1942 with plastic ribbed grips. The M1 Garand rifle was designed to take the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets