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Back to the digging of mustard rounds, which made me remember an episode of my youth: In 1978, engineers quickly came and dug up the area between two rows of homes in the residential area on Fort Devens, Mass after a teenager brought an unusual tubular object to the MPs. Turns out the tube (and about a dozen more) were used for assessing delivery of mustard on a test range after WW1 when the area was Camp Devens. When the homes were built in the 1930s, fill dirt was secured from between firing points and the impact zone, forgetting that the mustard rounds were once tested there (much shorter range). Fortunately no one was afflicted, but it was a quick reminder to be aware!
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10-07-2017 05:59 PM
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