Mark Kinsler reflects on a cardboard tube that was a case for a mortar round and is reminded that the WWII generation didn't always tell their stories ...

OMAHA (AP) — A Nebraska bomb squad has disposed of a decades-old mortar shell bequeathed by a recently deceased World War II veteran. The Omaha World-Herald reports ...

VERNON, CT — There's an exhibit at the New England Civil War Museum and Research Center that shows vividly how powerful some of the weapons were during the conflict — and how unique one Connecticut ...

KEY WEST, Fla. A landscaping crew about to grind a tree stump discovered 30 World War II mortar shells buried on property once owned by the Navy. A worker hit and broke one of the shells Friday, but ...

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Tyler Blatter, an EOD specialist, places a mortar in chain vice straps to unscrew a fuse on Marine Corps Base Quantico, May 1, 2025. (Lance Cpl. Harleigh Faulk/Marine Corps) In ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Durham resident was surprised to find a WWII-era mortar round in his newly renovated home on Sunday that prompted multiple roads to be blocked. Dr. Ralph Haynes told ABC11 he ...

A resident of Gloucester, Massachusetts, found an artillery shell from World War II at his home, police said. Gloucester Police Department A man found a large unexploded artillery shell from World War ...