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EOD Airmen remove, detonate World War II-era bomb
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| Feb 23, 2006
| 2nd Lt. Amy Gonzales
Posted on 02/24/2006 3:10:56 PM PST by SandRat
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posted on
02/24/2006 3:11:00 PM PST
by
SandRat
To: 2LT Radix jr; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; 80 Square Miles; A Ruckus of Dogs; acad1228; AirForceMom; ..
EOD -- tick-tick-tick --BOOM!!!!
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posted on
02/24/2006 3:11:30 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
"But, when they realized they found unexploded ordnance, the workers dropped the bomb onto the sand..." I doubt that they dropped it.
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posted on
02/24/2006 3:12:35 PM PST
by
scott7278
(Livin' the life some consider a myth,)
To: Squantos
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posted on
02/24/2006 3:13:06 PM PST
by
patton
(Just because you don't understand it, does not mean that it does not exist.)
To: SandRat
Pretty hairy that old stuff!I liked the part where they "Dropped" it in the sand!
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posted on
02/24/2006 3:14:13 PM PST
by
xarmydog
To: SandRat
They found this in Pensacola FL?
Makes me shudder to think what might have happened if some Mooselimb jihadist/insurgent/punk/terrorist wannabe would have found this first.
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posted on
02/24/2006 3:16:00 PM PST
by
manwiththehands
(Fighting daily against the dominant CINO culture ... in Washington ... and on FR.)
To: xarmydog
Bet they dropped something else in their knickers too!!!
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posted on
02/24/2006 3:16:17 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
My favorite EOD T-Shirt
EOD
IF YOU SEE ME RUNNING
TRY TO KEEP UP!
gotta love it!
TT
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posted on
02/24/2006 3:17:36 PM PST
by
TexasTransplant
(NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET)
To: SandRat
"workers dropped the bomb onto the sand and notified the state fire marshal"
It's pucker time, very gently now.
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posted on
02/24/2006 3:18:09 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(:Gregory was riled while Hume smiled:)
To: SandRat
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posted on
02/24/2006 3:18:21 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
To: SandRat
I would to if I had been within a certain radius!
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posted on
02/24/2006 3:19:53 PM PST
by
xarmydog
To: SandRat
2 things have to happen to create an explosion.Heat and shock.It was probaly hot from the sand.Good thing it wasnt dropped on a sidewalk!
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posted on
02/24/2006 3:23:48 PM PST
by
xarmydog
To: SandRat
"....these block buster bombs dont go off unless you hit them juusttt right"
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posted on
02/24/2006 3:24:06 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(time again for the Crusades.)
To: Joe 6-pack; Squantos
That one always cracks me up!
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posted on
02/24/2006 3:39:40 PM PST
by
Travis McGee
(--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
To: U S Army EOD
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posted on
02/24/2006 4:00:09 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("Washington Media: controversy, crap, and confusion" Sen. Alan Simpson)
To: Travis McGee; patton; archy
Yeah....if real that would be an ass whuppin and many cases of beer bought !
This job was just a PUCA Mission.....aka Pick Up and Carry Away with a DDOT hazard (don't drop on toes)!
Old photoflash bombs are "everywhere" in the CONUS !
Toughest one I ever had to deal with was an old WWII Mortarman who swore he'd dug up a four duce round while working his ranch so we took him at his word and started to ry and dig out what he had the poor judgement to rebury with a back hoe bucket.
After a few hours of carefully digging in cold mud and water with shovles and our hands we located a "sucker pump counter weight" from an old windmill.....aka old vets version of a four duce mortar.......:o)
We just looked at the old guy, cold wet, mud in places mud shouldn't get and told him it was better safe than sorry , let him and his lady make us dinner and drank a few beers with him and listened to his war stories for a few hours and went back to our world.......he felt bad till we assured him we'd had made the same call and it was an honest mistake......:o)
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:18:40 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: Squantos
Well, that's a better outcome than when they "do it yourself" and it blows high order.
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posted on
02/24/2006 7:32:47 PM PST
by
Travis McGee
(--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
To: SandRat
Dropped it????? DROPPED IT???
Are these guys nuts? Couldn't they place it down a little more gently???
To: SandRat
To: scott7278
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posted on
02/24/2006 8:07:32 PM PST
by
U S Army EOD
(LINCOLN COUNTY RED DEVILS STATE CHAMPIONS)
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