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General Area: Brooksville, FL Site Type/Program: RCWM sites (Non-stockpile) Location: The Brooksville Army Air Field (AAF) was located 5 miles south of Brooksville, Florida, on the west side of U.S. Route 41. Brief History: In 1945, the CWS Mobile Unit at Bushnell AAF was moved to Brooksville. In 1946, the Army inventoried various Engineer, CWS, and Quartermaster materials at Brooksville. During the inventory, drums of distilled mustard (HD), FS smoke, lewisite, and mustard (H) were transferred to MacDill Army Air Base, Tampa, Florida. On May 7, 1946, in an unknown area, five old drums (contents unknown) were burned and dumped, a leaking EK3 experimental mustard-filled munition was removed from a box car (disposition unknown), and one 55-gallon drum of VV (thickened mustard developed for field use) was disposed of by an undefined dumping method. No documentation has been found on either range clearance operations or certification of clearance. |
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Range / Site Description: The CWM site is a disposal of unknown numbers of cluster bombs by burning/burial. Disposal of five drums (unknown contents), two test jars, mustard, one drum of VV (thickened mustard developed for field use). Associated Munitions: Possibility of 127 mustard bombs being buried, Clusters with 1.5 quarts of mustard each, drums with mustard and unknown contents. Activities Completed: An ASR has been completed, recommending further investigation of three areas, noting evidence that the Army had.disposed of at least 127 mustard bombs and other CWM onsite. The site characterization by geophysical mapping was completed in June 1995. Issues: Risk to the public is lessened because of current land use, county ownership, the countys awareness of potential hazards, and the fact that possible buried CWM is not accessible as long as no excavation or drilling takes place. Other Information: The site has been developed into an airport industrial park, prison, land rentals, and tree farming. |
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