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THE 1ST & 2ND FILIPINO INFANTRY REGIMENTS BLADES When you examine the old historical pictures of the 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry soldiers you can see two different blades: a Machete and a Bolo Knife.
⚔ The MACHETE appears to be the extra long mod. 460 made by “Legitimus Collins & Co.”
⚔ The BOLO KNIFE, made by "U.S. Spring and Bumper Company, Los Angeles, CA.", was added to their combat inventory in 1943 by the will of Colonel Robert H. Offley.
The U.S. Spring and Bumper Company of Los Angeles, CA, received the contract to make 4,500 of these. They were presented to them by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Only a few thousand were issued to the Regiments during a ceremonial parade event at Camp Cooke, California. The remainder was later sent into the Philippines as part of the shipment of arms to the guerillas operating under the direction of ISRM (I Shall Return, MacArthur).
SOURCES: Pelagio Valdez, Alex Fabros, Tom Moore posts in "1st Filipino Regiment, U.S. Army, 1942-1946".
Pictures:1 - 9: MACHETE;
1: 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment soldiers pose with their machetes;
2 – 5: 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment soldiers training with machetes at Camp Roberts, California;
6: 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment soldier jump with Machete at Camp San Louis Obispo, California;
7 – 9: Legitimus Collins Machetes mod. 460;
10 – 38: BOLO;
10: Filipino soldiers with their Bolo knives;
11-20: Soldiers of Co E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment training "Bolo fencing" in Oro Bay, New Guinea in 1944 (with original taglines). Released for publication by Washington War Department. Stored at US National Archives);
21: Troops marching with bolos;
22-31: Pictures taken from the historical footage “On to Bataan”
22-28: 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiment receives Bolo for combat;
28: Troops charging with bolos;
29-30: 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiment training with bolos in Camp Cooke, California;
31: Two soldiers fighting with bolos (tagline in the corner of the picture is wrong. Soldiers received their bolos in 1943).
32-38: U.S. Spring and Bumper Co. Bolo knives;
39: U.S. Spring and Bumper Co. Bolo knife. The semi-pistol grip handle is molded plastic with a little stars on the handle that gives it a pebble grain finish;
40: U.S. Spring and Bumper Co. Bolo knife. "U.S. Spring and Bumper Company, Los Angeles, CA." is embossed on the handle;
41: U.S. Spring and Bumper Co. Bolo knife. S-Guard. The blade is unmarked.
📽 VIDEO:
Click the link below to see the BOLOS AWARDING CEREMONY and BOLOS TRAINING scenes taken from the historical footage “On to Bataan” (the purpose of this publicity film was to feature the training of the U.S. Army's 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments to the American public):
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