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I don't know about a poster, but I have a copy of a four-part 1992 SABC article on the Phrobis MPBS M9 written by Homer Brett. Part III is all about Colonel L.L. Millett (U.S.A. Ret.). He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for leading a bayonet charge during the Korean War, on a ChiCom held hill which was a serious threat to U.S. positions, and had to be taken. With such credentials, he was the ideal candidate to become a spokesman for Phrobis. Colonel Millett visited numerous U.S. Army units then receiving the MPBS M9 to help introduce & familiarize the troops with the new bayonet. The article also stated the Colonel was given a XM9, upon which he conducted his own series of extensive tests; the only fault being the very tip of the blade being broken. This was revealed as well in the XM9 trials, and redressed by slight modifications in the concave grinding of the blade & tip found in all subsequent M9 bayonets produced.
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