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"You take the shot you have."
It was a sporting contest, lets call it Hadji Badminton. They would serve with a few badly aimed mortar rounds, and we would return the volley with a few well placed artillery rounds. The chances of actually hitting them is slim. They always skedaddle before our rounds land. The main purpose of returning the serve is to deny them the opportunity to make an adjustment and fire for effect.
During one of the matches, they served with their foot on the line. I returned. A few minutes latter, I get a call from a SNAP VCP saying they had a vehicle pass by with a young child heavily injured with shrapnel wounds.
Some people wait until someone that can break up the fight is near before they start throwing punches. That way if they lose, there is someone that can end the fight without getting their ass whooped. Her mistake was doing it while holding a knife.
As a former marine, I will point out that there were more Army Infantry in the Pacific than there were Marines.