Operation "Buried Alive"

Title:: Operation "Buried Alive"
Creator:: United States. Army. Signal Corps
Name on Item:: Photo by U. S. Army Signal Corps
Date:: September 22, 1947
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Photographic prints
Location:: American Legion Museum
Collection (local):: World War II by Combat Photographers
Subjects:: Bombs
Hoisting machinery
Laborers
Magazines (Military buildings)
Military demobilizations
United States. Army. Ordnance Department
Places:: Illinois > Carroll (county) > Savanna
Savanna Army Depot (historical)
Extent:: 1 photograph : print ; sheet 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 format)
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Caption: SC 288722-S Operation "Buried Alive" (Picture No. 2 in a series of 5) (Master Caption) Due to the shortage of magazine storage space for the large quantities of ammunition now on hand, the U. S. Army Ordnance has developed a process of burying live bombs in order to preserve them. Although the project, known as Operation "Buried Alive" is still in the experimental stage, Ordnance personnel feel that the idea might be developed to a highly successful stage with great savings of large quantity of money. At the present time bombs are stored in igloo magazines and outdoor barricaded sites. It is believed that there will be a storage space of 200,000 tons created as a result of the project; and the ammunition will be safe while obviating construction of additional magazines. It will also eliminate costly surveillance and maintenance. (Caption) Workmen place bombs in stacks at Savanna Ordnance Depot, Illinois, prior to covering them with earth. Several igloo magazines are shown in the background. 1947. Hold for Sep 22 1947 release.
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Identifier:: 1-43