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Archaeologist finds unexploded mortar at Pearson Airfield in Vancouver, police say
An archaeologist working in the Vancouver area unearthed what looked like an unexploded mortar on Tuesday ... that resembled a World War I Stokes mortar. The department’s Mobile Explosive ...
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Unexploded mortars, possibly from World War I, discovered at Vancouver’s Pearson Field
which does appear to fit the description of a Stokes mortar. Stokes mortars were designed in Britain in 1915 and became widely used during WWI, including by the U.S. Army. Pearson Field is among ...