In the movie but not in the book, iirc, so I suspect it was a Hollywood invention for emotional impact.The Annoyed Man wrote:But I think I remember a scene in “We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young” when Col Hal Moore tells his troopers to fix bayonets at the Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam.
Roger that.The Annoyed Man wrote:I imagine that is NOT an order you ever want to hear.......