Friday, September 03, 1999
Legion's souvenir bomb still fused
BY KRISTINA GOETZ
The Cincinnati Enquirer
NEWPORT — Members of the American Legion Post 11 here were ready to hang an old World War II bomb over their new karaoke stage Thursday afternoon when they discovered it was still fused.
“We've had it here for probably 35 to 40 years,” said Larry Hart of Alexandria, a commander of the post. “It was in the closet.”
The group was taking it apart to hang it when they discovered the detonator was active. The Cincinnati Fire Division's Bomb Squad was called, and the bomb was disarmed without incident.
“The detonator was active, but the bomb was not ticking,” said Dispatcher David Martin of the Newport Police Department.
There were no explosives in the shell, but the fuse itself contains some explosive material, Cincinnati Firefighter Joe Diebold, a senior bomb technician explained. The fuse was stored in fire division's high intensity bomb building Thursday night for future disposal, he said.
“We separated the fuse from the bomb and let them have the bomb,” Firefighter Diebold said.
Members of the American Legion post say they don't know where the military explosive device came from, but they do know where it's going.
“We disarmed it, and tomorrow we'll display it,” Mr. Hart said.
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