60-year-old Thongdee Truangdon (standing, 2nd left)
found, in his garden, an American mortar round which had already been
expended.
Patcharapol Panrak
Naval ordinance experts were summoned when an American mortar round
was discovered behind a Plutaluang home.
Naval Ordnance Department found the 81mm shell about 20 meters outside the
home of 60-year-old Thongdee Truangdon Jan. 19. Bomb technicians found the
round had already been expended and posed no danger.
Thongdee said he discovered the mortar shell while clearing out weeds in the
field behind his house.