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06-15-2021 02:24 PM |
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Originally Posted by Jolly Amaranto
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When I was a kid in Japan (dad was in the Navy) the Security Police on base would come to school and give a presentation of explosive ordnance to tell us to not touch anything that we'd find. It was possible to find bullets, hand grenades and bombs on base. It was also possible to find stone age flint and obsidian arrow heads, knives and spear heads on base.
I was there twice, by the time the below occurred, I'd been gone the second time for 6 years.
https://media.defense.gov/2014/Jun/2...-XX111-003.JPG
"Airmen of the 432d Civil Engineer Squadron prepare a World War II-era, M-65 bomb for removal from the construction site of the new base hospital at Misawa Air Base on July 29, 1991. (U.S. Air Force historical photo)"
"July 29, 1991: Japanese construction workers discovered a 1,000 pound, unexploded U.S. M-65 bomb from World War II during the excavation for the foundation of the new hospital facility. Security Force Airmen evacuated the area and redirected traffic until the Explosive Ordinance Disposal Airmen could identify and defuse the explosive device. U.S. Navy aircraft dropped the bomb on Misawa Air Base on either July 14 or August 8, 1945. See Northern Light, August 2, 1991."
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