[Vision2020] Grenade From WWII Found In Shed

[Donovan Arnold]

This happened in my neighborhood when I was about 8 years old while living in Spring Valley, San Diego, about 8 miles from El Cajon where this grenade was found. A house two doors down was getting some renovations done and one of the workers found a grenade. I remember all the police and fire department trucks and cars in the neighborhood and we were not allowed back into our houses for several hours. 
 
I am wondering if the government dumped leftover ammunition on what was then the eastern edge of San Diego and mostly government owned property. There have been lots of these reports throughout the decades on this area. Googling "San Diego" and "grenade" gets over 2 million hits, mostly news stories of found grenades. This area It is about 11 to 15 miles east of the San Diego Naval Base, which was and still is the largest military base on the west coast and during WWII. 
 
Donovan J. Arnold

From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
To: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 4:07 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Grenade From WWII Found In Shed


Courtesy of San Diego News' YouTube.

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EL CAJON - May 29, 2012 - A grenade was discovered in a shed behind a mobile home at the Pepperwood Mobile Home Park on Pepper Drive in El Cajon around noon today. Heartland Fire and Sheriff responded to discover what appeared to be a live World War II style grenade. Sheriff's Bomb/Arson detail was called out to the scene, where they rendered it safe and disposed of it safely. The grenade was in two pieces, where the ignition assembly was separate from the grenade body. I am unsure who exactly discovered the grenade, but the person did the right thing, Lakeside Fire Protection District Division Chief Jim Kirkpatrick says. He says some people actually try to pick up the ordinance and bring it to a fire or police station! It is unclear if the homeowner will face any charges. 

Video 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gN7NLOllBI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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