Army destroys World War II landmine found by hiker in Colorado forest near Camp Hale

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The Army has deployed an explosives demolition team and blown up a World War II-era landmine found in the White River National Forest by a hiker in the forest near Camp Hale, Eagle County Sheriff o…

The hiker contacted sheriff deputies on July 20 and told them about a gray metal device with yellow letters on it that appeared to be an old landmine.

He photographed it and documented the location in the woods, sheriff officials said in aArmy commanders at Fort Carson, south of Colorado Springs, sent a specialized explosives team that located and destroyed the device, sheriff officials said. The team determined that the landmine was left behind by the 10th Mountain Division soldiers who were stationed at Camp Hale for winter warfare training.

 

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