[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "World War II-era grenade found on Port Townsend [WA] beach destroyed"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

World War II-era grenade found on Port Townsend beach destroyed

by CYDNEY MCFARLAND
Peninsula Daily News (WA)
March 24, 2017 
 
PORT TOWNSEND - A World War II-era grenade found buried in the sand near the Point Wilson Lighthouse in Fort Worden has been destroyed.

An unnamed man, an area resident, was walking the beach Sunday when he found partially buried in the sand what is known as a “pineapple” grenade because of its grooved metal appearance, according to a news release from the Port Townsend Police Department.

He did not want to leave the grenade on the beach, so he took it to his home on Landes Street and then called 9-1-1 to report his finding, according to police.

The State Patrol Bomb Squad picked up the grenade at about 9 p.m. Sunday and took it to be destroyed, police said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/world-war-ii-era-grenade-found-on-port-townsend-beach-destroyed/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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