The US is cleaning 60-year-old munitions on Bougainville

The US is cleaning munitions and other dangerous leftovers from WWII off of Bougainville Island. 

" As villagers guided us through remote, now heavily forested areas of the island, it was hard to believe this was once a battlefield until we began discovering piles of rusted ammunition, unexploded shells, and at least 100 sites littered with live mortar and artillery rounds. "

Read more here , which has the US State Department's blog description (plus some cool photos) of the action!  

Comments

[NatashaWoods49]

Having the yourself state department's blog description is a sterling idea

[Don]

I know from my contacts on Bougainville that this was devoutly wished-for, and is very much appreciated.

[HP]

[this is good] Hi again, Don,

I'm always looking for articles about (and people from) Bougainville on the web. PNG gets so much more written about it, though.  Can you recommend resources for me?  Much obliged, in either case.

Best,
Holly