U.X.B.

[Sedalia Dave]

 

 

 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

Some years ago there was a Brit TV series called Danger UXB.....if I remember correctly.

 

It didn't last long but was very entertaining.

[Dr. Zook]

8 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

Some years ago there was a Brit TV series called Danger UXB.....if I remember correctly.

 

It didn't last long but was very entertaining.

that's the 1st thing i thought of when I saw the initials posted ---- good show & kept your interest ---their still finding those bombs all over Europe to this day....and even in the south pacific... you don't hear very much from what used to be behind the iron curtain nor Japan

[Subdeacon Joe]

Those guys are crazier than the guys who fly cropdusters and borate bombers.

 

God bless their brave souls and may St. Barbara protect them.

 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

I read that bombs were found and disposed of before building the bridge from Sweden to Denmark in the Baltic.

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

While stationed on Okinawa in 1966- 1966 the local TV stations showed at prime time very  Friday evening the disposal of all the left over stuff that had been found (usually by kids searching the caves and crannies and turned over to the Army EOD units by their parents.  LOTS of booms much bigger than the quarter pound C-4 explosions used to set them off.

 

One Engineer Corps accident set off an estimated seven to twelve tons of ordnance in a cave while they were excavating a ridge just below Item Pocket. ...about 150 yard for our shops and parking lots. I wasn't known to be there until it blew roofs off buildings, launched coral chunks the size of VW Beetles and a lot of other damage...without any injuries.

 

EOD wasn't involved, and the charge that set it off was being used to break up the coral so they could haul it away with skip loaders and dump trucks. 

 

SURPRISE!