American > Ordnance Page 1

After the battle of Saipan the American military began to stock pile massive amounts of ordnance in Saipan to be used for the remainder of the war. When WWII ended most of the ordnance was disposed of by the U.S. military, but not all. U.S. and Japanese bombs, projectiles, hand grenades, mortar rounds, and other ordnance items are continuously found in Saipan today. I personally found an unexploded 500-pound bomb, several unused 37 mm canon projectiles and countless live American and Japanese rifle rounds nearly 65 years after the battle.

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