[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, FUDS: Former Aiken Army Airfield

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

WWII ordnance probed at dump


By MIKE GELLATLY
Aiken Standard (SC)
September 22, 2008

A World War II ammunition dump and shooting range in Aiken County has 
been examined by an independent contractor to assess whether any 
unexploded ordnance was a danger to the community.

The former Aiken Army Airfield, which sits on the current site of the 
Aiken Municipal Airport, was examined for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

...

The site was activated in June 1943 for the training of technical 
reconnaissance units.

An ordnance storage area, which consisted of three storage buildings, 
was used to store small arms and pyrotechnics.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.aikenstandard.com/0918Boom

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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>
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