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Old 03-15-2011, 07:21 PM   #1
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Default Marines, sailors hurt in Bragg explosion
By Brian Shane - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Mar 15, 2011 12:01:13 EDT

Eight Marines and two Navy personnel were hospitalized Monday night following an explosion during artillery training at Fort Bragg, N.C.

The accident happened about 8 p.m., the result of an apparent explosion of an M777A2 round while inside a howitzer, according to public affairs officer Staff Sgt. Jayson Price at Camp Lejeune, N.C. — where the training Marines are based.

The injured service members, all men, are members of Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marines. Their names have not been released. All were hospitalized at ... Read the rest of the story here.

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