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  • Combat engineers unearth 500-plus weapons caches, save lives in Iraq

    03/24/2006 4:26:18 PM PST · by SandRat · 8 replies · 431+ views
    Marine Corps News ^ | Cpl. Adam C. Schnell
    HADITHA DAM, Iraq (March 24, 2006) -- Iraq’s roadways are a bit safer, thanks to a platoon of Marine combat engineers here. Marine combat engineers from Company C, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, have discovered more than 500 weapons caches in the area, the most discovered by a single unit in the massive western-part of Al Anbar Province. The unearthed caches, found over the past six months during the unit’s deployment to Iraq, contained a variety of explosives and ordinance, ranging from bullets, to anti-tank mines and artillery and tank rounds. The explosives are used by enemy forces to make roadside...