Explosive ordnance technicians on Guam recently removed and detonated a U.S. bomb base fuse and two unexploded shells apparently left over from World War II.
The unexploded ordnance was discovered around 1 p.m. Oct. 2 in the South Finegayan section of Andersen Air Force Base, on the southwest side of the Army’s Task Force Talon area, the 36th Wing said Tuesday in an unsigned email. A three-man EOD team with the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron led by Staff Sgt. Austin Denton removed the base fuse and the two 20 mm shells and detonated them on the EOD range in Tarague,
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Source: Stars & Stripes News
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