Buck 110 saves the day in Iraq ?

[rotador]

OK, I can't vouch for the story, but you can read the original and see the picture at http://brainster.blogspot.com/ :

A Story of Individual Heroism in Iraq


Corporal Samuel Toloza

NAJAF, Iraq — One of his friends was dead, 12 others lay wounded and the four soldiers still left standing were surrounded and out of ammunition. So Salvadoran Cpl. Samuel Toloza said a prayer, whipped out his knife and charged the Iraqi gunmen.

In one of the only known instances of hand-to-hand combat in the Iraq conflict, Cpl. Toloza stabbed several attackers swarming around a comrade. The stunned assailants backed away momentarily, just as a relief column came to the unit's rescue.

You may also wish to read about Ted Rall's disgusting leftist cartoon mocking Pat Tillman's sarcrifice. It is discussed on the same site.

 

[Ken C.]

A quick glance a few pages back would have turned up this thread on the same subject.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=297831

 

[JD Mandrell]

OK, I can't vouch for the story, but you can read the original and see the picture at http://brainster.blogspot.com/ :

A Story of Individual Heroism in Iraq


Corporal Samuel Toloza

NAJAF, Iraq — One of his friends was dead, 12 others lay wounded and the four soldiers still left standing were surrounded and out of ammunition. So Salvadoran Cpl. Samuel Toloza said a prayer, whipped out his knife and charged the Iraqi gunmen.

In one of the only known instances of hand-to-hand combat in the Iraq conflict, Cpl. Toloza stabbed several attackers swarming around a comrade. The stunned assailants backed away momentarily, just as a relief column came to the unit's rescue.

You may also wish to read about Ted Rall's disgusting leftist cartoon mocking Pat Tillman's sarcrifice. It is discussed on the same site.

Cool story, but that doesn't look like a Buck 110 in the photo???

 

[almtiba]

I don't think it's a 110...

 

[Will P.]

The blade is too wide and the blade clip looks straighter than the 110.

 

[Gollnick]

The picture shows very little of the knife. It would be interesting to know the model of the knife, yes. But it'll be amazing to me if someone can definatively identify the model from the picture I saw.

Bear in mind that Cpl. Toloza is Salvadoran. The knife may be unfamiliar to many of us here on bf.c.