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To: BenLurkin

Report here:

https://www.hqmc.marines.mil/Portals/61/Docs/FOIA/155mmFuzeMalfunctionInvestigation/251018_Ref%20(a)_I%20MEF%20CI_Redacted%20(Final).pdf

Some redactions due to FOIA exemptions but still interesting.


5 posted on 03/16/2026 6:01:57 PM PDT by Fury
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To: Fury
No way to blame the Marines - it was a PD fuze and should not have had the ability to detonate mid-flight.

But I imagine the Safety Officer, gun crew, gun platoon commander. CO and Gummy were all sh*tting bricks until that report exonerating them was issued.

9 posted on 03/16/2026 6:22:22 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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