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Not defending the Marines, but this is not the first time a local has gotten the short end of the stick when getting into a fight with an American serviceman. The second Marine charged was just doing as he was taught, backing up a fellow Marine. It was not right what they did, for sure. They should have left the place at the first sign of trouble.
I was on a US warship that was visiting Hong Kong in 1971. A large group of us were in a bar, in town. The jukebox had the tune "Battle of New Orleans " on it.
After playing constantly for what seemed like hours, The group of British sailors finally broke. It was a real barroom brawl. After all was said and done, 4 British guys were in the hospital and 12 of us Americans were in the Hong Kong Jail. We were allowed to leave only under the escort of the Shore Patrol and not allowed back onto the Island for the rest of our port stay.
What we did was not right either, but we didn't start the fight, just finished it.
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