[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Camp Lejeune [NC] warns public about Browns Island unexploded ordinance ahead of summer"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Camp Lejeune warns public about Browns Island unexploded ordinance ahead of summer

by Claire Curry
WNCT TV-8 News (NC)
May 24, 2023 

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Base officials at Camp Lejeune want to warn the public of the dangers at Browns Island.

While out on your boat, the island might look like a good spot to stop and relax, but there’s a chance you could come across an unexploded ordnance and put yourself at risk. 

“Browns Island is a target area that Camp LeJeune Marines and other services have been shooting at or dropping bombs on since 1942,” said Camp Lejeune Range Patrol Officer Nick Klaus.

What may look like a rusty piece of metal in the sand, could actually be an explosive device.

“The 500-pound bomb was used on everything from buildings to tanks, any sort of heavily fortified structure. So it would be a very large boom,” said MSGT Daniel Murtaugh, Explosive Ordnance Disposal chief.

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For the entire story, see
https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/camp-lejeune-warns-public-about-browns-island-unexploded-ordinance-ahead-of-summer/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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