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2 unusual facts about Fixed Bayonets!


Fixed Bayonets!

Though the US 1st Infantry Division did not serve in Korea, Fuller names his General and Regimental Commander after his the men he served under in "The Big Red One" Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr. and George A. Taylor as well as making the Regiments the ones of the Division in World War II, the 16th, 18th and 26th.

Though an original story, Darryl F. Zanuck thought the story of the reluctant Richard Basehart's unwillingness to take command was reminiscent of Fox's Immortal Sergeant and Fox ordered a screen credit for the writer of that film.



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F. S. Bell

The crew marched through the streets with fixed bayonets, carrying HMS Exeter's shell-torn White Ensign through the streets.