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07 May 2020 6:24 a.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
- Changed title from "Explosves still out there..." to "Explosives still out there..."
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 07 May 2020 6:22 a.m. PST |
A boy was killed and four others sustained injuries when a UXO and a landmine exploded in two separate incidents in Battambang province's Samlot district and Pursat province's Veal Veng district… link |
| JMcCarroll | 07 May 2020 6:37 a.m. PST |
They are still finding bombs from the First World War.
Over a hundred years! |
79thPA  | 07 May 2020 7:12 a.m. PST |
Sucks, but not surprising. |
 Murphy  | 07 May 2020 7:53 a.m. PST |
Same thing….UXO is still being dug up from some ACW battlefields…. |
 Legion 4  | 07 May 2020 8:30 a.m. PST |
Yes, in many battlefields all over the world you'll find UXO. On one of my tours on the DMZ in the ROK, '84 or '85. A local Korean farmer stepped on a mine leftover from '53. Usually those old minefields are marked and fenced off with barbwire, etc. But he found one mine that was not. We had to go in to get him. A little dicey as there could have been other unmarked mines out there. Anyway we got him out. AFAIK he lost part of his foot. But survived … |
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