: A child of a Marine pilot in Hawaii was allowed to keep spent and live rounds from an M-60 machine gun range in 1972; these were rediscovered in an old trunk 50 years later.
: One family story involves a .50 caliber round found near a school during WWII, which had been dropped by a damaged plane trying to shed weight. Modern Industry and Technical Insights : A child of a Marine pilot in
: In 1957, a child in Germany fished a Degtyarev machine gun out of the Oder River. He successfully removed the ammo, melted the lead to sell as scrap, and used the money to buy a bicycle. surviving decades in unexpected places.
Ammunition often becomes a piece of history, surviving decades in unexpected places. : A child of a Marine pilot in