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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
National
Chris Humphrey

50 years since US troops left Vietnam, bombs continue to kill

UXO is still being discovered 50 years since US troops left Vietnam [Chris Humphrey/Al Jazeera]

Quang Tri Province, Vietnam – Ho Sy Bay, 62, was rummaging around in his garden in central Vietnam when he struck something harder than sand or soil. Cautiously, he brushed aside the surrounding dirt and realised he was staring at an unexploded missile.

Although Sy was unsure if the fuse was still intact, he picked up the bomb and placed it carefully in a thicket on one side of his vegetable patch.

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