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The Old Munitions and the Sea
U.S. Army dumped heaps of chemical weapons in Davy Jones' locker |
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31 Oct 2005 |
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| The Old Munitions and the Sea U.S. Army dumped heaps of chemical weapons in Davy Jones' locker Between 1944 and 1970, the U.S. Army secretly dumped about 64 million pounds of chemical warfare agents, plus over 400,000 mustard-gas-filled munitions, off several state shores -- and more than that in the waters around 11 other nations. A fair amount of the dumping took place right after the end of World War II, when the Army nee ... |
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