19/08/2022 Stati Uniti, Texas, Contea McLennan, Waco
“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 Megan Boyd
A construction crew in Waco recovered two bombs from a city of Waco construction site along New Road and Trice Avenue, where the McLennan County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad determined the devices were not live but likely practice bombs from former military installations on the same site. “This is the original site of the Rich Field Army Air Base built in 1917 after the United States got involved in WWI,” Sheriff Parnell McNamara explained. Rich Field was used for two years, along with neighboring Camp MacArthur, where between the two, 80,000 troops trained between 1917 and 1919. “This hits pretty close to home for me my great uncle Joe McNamara was a captain here at Camp MacArthur during WWI,” Parnell McNamara explained.
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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