The island of Peleliu, Republic of Palau, is a tropical paradise with dense jungles, coral rock beaches, stretching reefs and sandbars just below the surface of the clear turquoise waves. However, encounters with unexploded ordnance from World War II are a fact of life in on the island of Peleliu that still endangers the local people. The Marines of Task Force Koa Moana 20, I Marine Expeditionary Force, intend to change that.
A specialized team of Marine explosive ordnance technicians, known as Littoral Explosive Ordnance Neutralization, or LEON Marines, made history July 28, 2020, by successfully locating their first underwater unexploded ordnance item in real-world operations only meters from Kambek, a popular tourist and recreation site in Peleliu.
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Source: DVIDS