I remember once, during my first tour in Iraq, we took contact from a group of three hadjis with recoiless rifles inside a two story building just outside Haditha.

They wouldn't let us use our mortars, so I had one of my joes put an AT-4 round through the wall.

I guess they must have been right next to that wall or something, because when we cleared the building, there was just pieces left.

Anyway, onto my point. On the opposite wall from the blast, there was a spray of blood so deep and vivid that I actually stopped - while still taking intermittent contact from another building down the street - in the entry point to admire it. I don't know if it was the adrenalin or what, but that blood splatter was the most oddly beautiful thing I ever saw over there.

I should have took a picture.

*facepalm*