Night training

We were doing night training using blanks. When we finished we were told to clear our rifles and then started marching back in total darkness. Suddenly a shot rang out in the middle of our formation. One person had left a blank in his rifle and the person marching behind him reached out and pulled the trigger on his rifle. What are the odds? This was at Fort Jackson, S.C., in 1963.

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