WW2 Marine Brought a Knife to a Bayonet Fight 😳
A WWII Marine recounts a close-quarters combat encounter where Japanese soldiers attacked his position. After being stabbed by a bayonet-wielding enemy soldier, he was saved by a nearby Marine's gunfire, then used his entrenching knife to kill the fallen attacker.
Summary
The Marine describes a sudden Japanese attack on his unit's position, with approximately 400 enemy soldiers emerging from behind tanks. Some attackers bypassed his position to target the headquarters company, while others engaged his unit directly. During the intense close-quarters fighting that ensued as soldiers exited foxholes, one Japanese soldier charged at the speaker. The Marine attempted to evade by jumping backward but lost his footing and fell. As he fell, the attacker lunged forward with a bayoneted rifle and stabbed him in the stomach. A neighboring Marine immediately fired and killed the attacker, whose body fell directly on top of the speaker in the foxhole. Pinned beneath the dead soldier's weight, the Marine drew his entrenching knife (which he had been using to dig) and cut the attacker's throat. The wounded attacker bled heavily onto him, and despite being injured, the Marine couldn't move the corpse off himself until his fellow soldier acknowledged the kill and the situation was resolved.
Key Insights
- Japanese forces attacked with approximately 400 soldiers, with some bypassing the speaker's immediate position to target headquarters company while others engaged directly
- The speaker was stabbed in the stomach by a bayoneted rifle after falling backward while trying to evade a charging enemy soldier
- A neighboring Marine's gunshot killed the attacker, whose body then fell on top of the speaker in the foxhole
- The speaker used his entrenching knife, which he had been using for digging, to cut the throat of the fallen attacker who was bleeding on top of him
- The speaker was immobilized beneath the dead soldier's weight and unable to move the body himself until after the threat was eliminated
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Transcript
[0:00] They jumped out from behind the tanks and came and attacked us. Some of them ran past us to the headquarters company and some of them stayed there and fight. He had just gotten out of the foxholes and I started fighting them as they came down. >> There was 400 of them. Plus, >> a lot of I got one was a little feisty. Got a hold of him. Oh, I wish I had known. He started charging me and I jumped out of the way. He was charged. As I was going backwards, I fell. Just as I fell, jab lunged and he stuck me in [0:30] the stomach cuz his bay and my neighbor next to…
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