2009 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:51:50 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Temecula Bomb Targets (CA)
 
Bomb debris litters old WWII-era site


By JEFF HORSEMAN
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
January 12, 2009

Robert Frick's children aren't allowed to dig around his house. Engineers advised him not to dig around his vineyard.

More than 60 years ago, warplanes used Frick's Temecula Valley Wine Country property for target practice. Now, he can rarely dig a hole without unearthing shell casings, bombs and rusted metal.

"It's very stressful," the 41-year-old firefighter said. "It's unnerving with the unknown of finding something that may be live."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/temecula/stories/PE_News_Local_S_bombs12.45a2c94.html#
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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
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