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And a little bit of history. This was announced to our community here in Papua:

They are going to detonate a WWII bomb tomorrow, so if you hear a loud boom, don’t panic.

This island greatly suffered under the Japanese occupation. Then, MacArthur came and directed much of his cleanup activities here. It was from his home/headquarters on top of the mountain where I reside that he planned his strategy for returning to the Philippines. When my class studied archeology, we did a bit of excavation in a cave used as an ammunition depot by the Japs. There is still undiscovered ordnance here. Before you ask, no, my class did not find any.

2,156 posted on 07/10/2023 3:55:53 PM PDT by Jemian (When your enemies are fighting amongst themselves, STAND BACK and LET THEM.)
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Very interesting bit of history....

Let us know when they detonate the bomb tomorrow.


2,160 posted on 07/10/2023 4:14:04 PM PDT by Lakeside Granny (Vote RED~R.emove E.very D.emocrat~D&S)
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