In April 1967 they took our M-14's and gave us M-16"s. We got some of the first ones without later improvements. Charlie Co got caught in an ambush and their new M-16's started to jam. The only thing that worked that night was machine guns, grenade launchers, pistols, hand grenades and bayonets. We, Alpha Co, had to fix our bayonets and fight into the ambush to save Charlie Co. The North Vietnamese were executing wounded Marines whose rifles jammed when we engaged. If we hadn't gone in Charlie would have been totally wiped out. I sure wish I could share your enthusiasm about the little black rifles.