Pacific island residents learn how to treat dud bombs

Pacific island residents learn how to treat dud bombs

PELELIU ISLAND, Republic of Palau - Residents on Peleliu Island in Palau learn at a local school how to treat unexploded bombs, as seen in this file photo taken on July 31, 2014. The island was one of major battle fields between Japanese and U.S. forces in the closing days of World War II and a large number of unexploded hand grenades and other bombs are left behind.

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