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Help with question re accidental death on Vietnam era base

Daniel

I’m a fiction writer doing some research for a piece and was hoping some Vietnam vets could help. The opening of the story involves an accidental killing at a military base in the late 60s or very early 70s. For various reasons not worth getting into here, there are two people present--one accidentally kills the other with a rifle. I’m not sure how to make it realistic that these two could be alone in the room handling rifles. Where exactly on the base could they be, and why would they be there? And where would the rest of the soldiers/recruits be? (It doesn’t matter if they’re Army or Marines, and they could be in basic training, more advanced training or simply soldiers on base). Thanks in advance for the help.

Fri Jul 31

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