More WW I Era Munitions Found On Jersey Beaches

Watch your step takes on new meaning when you consider that the Army Corps of Engineers beach replenishment project at a New Jersey beach resulted in bringing thousands of World War I era munitions to the beach. There have been repeated efforts to clear the beach of munitions, and the latest effort since January has found more than 450 fuses and other items from Surf City beaches.

The corps unwittingly sucked the munitions from the sea bed and pumped them ashore as part of a beach replenishment project begun in late 2006. Beachgoers began finding them in 2007.

Crews hope to finish work by May 22, days before Memorial Day weekend and the start of the summer beach season.