From the April 7, 2012, Mail (UK) "Toddler on Easter egg hunt stumbles on a live grenade...which has to be blown up by bomb squad."
A three-year-old boy was found standing on it. as an Easter egg hunt with more than 25 kids under the age of 5 were on hand.
The World War II grenade was found just yards off busy A39 after the child spotted it while looking for eggs and thought it was on.
The big question was how did it get there.
One reader commented that there was an American Army base nearby.
Another said to "Track down the Easter Bunny and Terminate him with Eggstreme prejudice."
Oh, Well, It Could Have been a Horrible Thing. --GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Monday, September 8, 2014
Back in 2012: A Toddler Finds Live WWII Grenade on Easter Egg Hunt
Labels:
Easter,
England,
hand grenades
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