Quantico EOD called to remove WWII-era mortar from Virginia home

Japan’s security forces have found a World War II bomb on Tuesday at Hiroshima University in southern Asia. As the institution reported in a statement, it has appeared on the Kasumi campus. The device has been found around 10.20 a.m. this Tuesday, local time, it is about 90 centimeters long and 25 cm in diameter , reports EP. “It appears to be an unexploded munition,” added the university, which has indicated it remains “safe.” In particular, se…

Quantico EOD called to remove WWII-era mortar from Virginia home

In central Virginia, it’s not uncommon to unearth relics from Civil War battles. But finding a 50mm French mortar dating to World War II hidden in your backyard is something else entirely. That’s what happened to Hunter Vap, a Marine veteran and resident of Orange, Virginia. After a midnight encounter with an ancient piece of unexploded ordnance, he’d enlist county officials — and ultimately explosives specialists from Marine Corps Base Quantico…

GIAVENO – An explosive device dating back to the Second World War has been found in the woods of Giaveno. The explosive device found has already been detonated. The mayor of Giaveno, Stefano Olocco, announced the discovery. “This morning,” Olocco wrote, “the bomb squad, together with the Carabinieri of the local station, went to Borgata Fusero to detonate an explosive device from the Second World War. Whoever found it by chance immediately notif…