2007-05-07 13:54:00 PDT PIEDMONT-- A dusty crate of munitions found under a Piedmont homeowner's stairwell Sunday was a Japanese World War II training kit that contained four inert mines, a ...

2007-05-06 15:58:00 PDT PIEDMONT-- A Piedmont neighborhood was evacuated and a main thoroughfare blocked for over two hours Sunday after a homeowner's scary discovery of an ancient crate ...

The items were identified as two US WWII anti-aircraft shells as well as a Japanese hand grenade. They were X-rayed on the scene and examined. No explosive hazards were found.

The Type 97 was the standardized fragmentation hand grenade used by Japanese forces during World War II, including during two battles that took place on Guam in 1941 and 1944. The first battle of ...