From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:24:53 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, FUDS - Former ranges in southern Colorado |
Army Corps wants to re-examine old bombing ranges By PETER ROPER The Pueblo Chieftain (CO) February 23, 2008 It's been 65 years since the B-24s from Pueblo Army Air Base droned over the prairie west of La Junta, blowing craters in the cactus and sagebrush as they practiced for real bombing missions over Europe and the Pacific. Well, the Army hasn't forgotten those days. On Monday, the Army Corps of Engineers will host a public meeting at Otero Junior College to discuss three old Army Air Force ranges that were located west and southwest of La Junta during World War II. Landowners and people who know what happened on the gunnery and bombing ranges are invited to attend the 7 p.m. meeting in the banquet room at the Student Center. ... For the entire article, see http://www.chieftain.com/metro/1203778874/2 -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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