Recognized for expertise Published Sept. 12, 2013 By James Branch 94th Airlift Wing Public Affairs DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. -- Members of 94thExplosive Ordnance Disposal were recently featured in the Atlanta Journal Constitution Hometown Hero section for responding to a call from Atlanta police concerning a 12 pound Civil War anti-personnel shell near Centennial Olympic park. EOD received the call after police identified it as a Civil War era shell and contained it in a vessel. "A lot of footlockers are full of souvenirs, small mortar rounds to land mines," said Senior Master Sgt. Matthew Hill, 94th EOD flight chief. "We average one of these calls a month." The EOD team took the shell to a police site five miles away, placed it in a three feet hole, and blew it up, making a six foot wide hole. Civil War shells are found in Georgia every year. Hill noted that whenever one is discovered, EOD should be notified. "As long as construction occurs in downtown Atlanta, there is a strong likelihood that these artillery projectiles will keep turning up," said Hill. Click here to read article published by the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
