Why did Navy Corpsmen carry bolo knives?
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Why did Navy Corpsmen carry bolo knives?
You can check the answer of the people under the question at Quora “usmc bolo knife“
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When? Where? Under what circumstances? It’s certainly not a generally issued item for corpsmen…
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When? During WW2, US Marines were issued machetes that had bolo-like blades, so it wouldn’t be unknown for corpsmen attached to Marines to also carry them:
More likely, from WW2 through Desert storm, USMC Ka-Bar knives were standard issue:
Almost everyone in USN and USMC in-country in Vietnam carried one. I still have mine, although in a leather civilian case, not the Government Issued scabbard that attached to a web belt.
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