A huge pillow fight involving cadets at a prestigious US military academy to mark the end of summer training left at least 30 soldiers injured.
At least 24 cadets were reported to have been left unconscious because pillows were stuffed with hard objects.
One cadet suffered a broken nose, while others had dislocated shoulders.
West Point academy said the fight was designed to build "espirit de corps". None of the injuries was severe and all cadets have returned to duty, it said.
Details of the injuries sustained in August emerged in The New York Times, which reported that video of the fight posted online shows crowds of yelling cadets, some wearing body armour as well as helmets, surging together in a central quad.
Softies
Softies
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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oh, you can break someones neck or give them a concussion,with a hardstuffed down pillow if you hit them right and especially if they are off guard, like when there are a million guys with pillows beating the shit out of each other