KEY WEST, Fla. -- A landscaping crew about to grind a tree stump discovered 30 World War II mortar shells buried on property once owned by the Navy. A worker hit and broke one of the shells Friday, ...

BERKLEY, Mich. – Berkley police evacuated residents Thursday after receiving reports of a possible live World War II-era mortar shell. Officials received a call around 10:40 p.m. Thursday about a ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japanese troops removed a second piece of unexploded, World War II-era ordnance in less than a week from Okinawa’s capital city, this time at the airport. The 60-mm mortar shell ...

VERNON, CT — There's an exhibit at the New England Civil War Museum and Research Center that shows vividly how powerful some of the weapons were during the conflict — and how unique one Connecticut ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Durham resident was surprised to find a WWII-era mortar round in his newly renovated home on Sunday that prompted multiple roads to be blocked. Dr. Ralph Haynes told ABC11 he ...

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Tyler Blatter, an EOD specialist, places a mortar in chain vice straps to unscrew a fuse on Marine Corps Base Quantico, May 1, 2025. (Lance Cpl. Harleigh Faulk/Marine Corps) In ...

It is a custom-fitted case for a mortar round and fits into a fearsome gun that my father David M Kinsler helped design during World War II when he worked at the secret Aberdeen Proving Grounds in ...

A resident of Gloucester, Massachusetts, found an artillery shell from World War II at his home, police said. Gloucester Police Department A man found a large unexploded artillery shell from World War ...