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My grand father fought the Japanese in the Chinese army (KMT, not chicom) during WWII. New recruit couldn't stop shaking, either because of the fear or the adrenaline rush, during the null of battle. The old sargent came along. He pulled the bullet off a rifle cartridge (79, or 8mm mauser) and made the shaking recruit swallow the gun powder washed down with water from the canteen. "You are a real sodier now son.". It worked. The recruit never shook again during battle. The recruit was my grand father. He lived to tell his grand son the story.
-TL
PS. I remembered asking my grand father this. How did you take #2 in the trench? Where you are. Dig a hole in the dirty and cover it up, if you have time.
PPS. When the enemy were charging at them, they drew bayonet and stick it in dirt within reach. Fixing bayonet made rifle shoot even lousier (their mausers were all worn). It took too long to draw bayonet from the scabbard when the enemy was getting that close.
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