05/08/2022 Stati Uniti, Maryland, Worcester, Assateague
“If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law enforcement agency for assistance”
by Shawn Soper
For the second time this month, local, state and federal officials rendered safe unexploded military ordnance that washed ashore at the north end of Assateague Island. Shortly after 1 p.m. on Tuesday, the Worcester County Fire Marshal’s Office and the U.S. Air Force 436th Civil Engineer Squadron-Emergency Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team based out of Dover Air Force Base responded to Assateague Island National Seashore after the discovery of three suspected military ordnance that washed ashore in the area of North Ocean Beach. It marked the second time in as many weeks military ordnance washed ashore at Assateague. National Park Service rangers reported the suspicious devices, which triggered the response of the Worcester County Fire Marshal’s Office and the EOD team. EOD technicians determined the ordnance, which had been in the water for an undetermined amount of time, needed to be rendered safe where it was located and completed the task. In addition to the ordnance discovered and rendered safe on Tuesday, additional ordnance previously recovered by National Park Service rangers was rendered safe on Wednesday in an unoccupied area on Assateague north of the state park. From 1944 to 1947 during World War II, the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army Corps used the Maryland portion of Assateague Island as a bombing and strafing training range. Air Crews from Chincoteague in Virginia and Manteo in North Carolina would fire practice rockets, bombs and machine guns from the air at targets on the ground on the barrier island.
Photo-Source: mdcoastdispatch.com
If you find anything that appears to be an explosive device, do not touch it, leave it where it is and call the police. We will contact the appropriate agencies to properly dispose of the item.
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