Missouri couple discovers live World War II era Japanese bomb in their yard

[Lennie]

Missouri couple discovers World War II era Japanese bomb in their yard

The live bomb was eventually detonated safely at a nearby air force facility.

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[Alexx1401]

I think I would get a metal detector and scan before I did any more digging around there

 

[CountryGent]

Wowzer. It does make you wonder what series of events resulted in a WWII Japanese mortar being in Missouri.

 

[jackrv]

Probably a balloon bomb sent over during WWII. Oregon had those and one family had deaths due to one.

I didn't know that they made it that far into the interior.

 

[Alexx1401]

Wowzer. It does make you wonder what series of events resulted in a WWII Japanese mortar being in Missouri.

Sounds like a "take home" some Vet came back with that somehow ended up dumped.

 

[arakboss]

Wowzer. It does make you wonder what series of events resulted in a WWII Japanese mortar being in Missouri.

Balloon mortar