 DATE: In part one Currahee, Lt. Sobel examines the "rusty bayonet"  of Liebgott. This was 1942, the bayonet was a Model M1. This bayonet  was not manufactured until after March 1943. It had a ten inch  blade. The bayonets that should have been used in 1942, were the  Model 1905 or the 1905/42 both of which had 16 inch blades. After  March of 43, all the long Garand bayonets were ordered to be cut  down to ten inches and became the 1905E