NORTHFIELD. Minn. – The St. Paul police bomb squad safely removed a collection of World War II hand grenades that had been stored in a home garage. The grenades will be destroyed, said Northfield Police Chief Jeff Schroepfer. He had called in the bomb squad from 40 miles away. The grenades, of Japan manufacture, were discovered by a family cleaning out the garage. They were thought to have been souvenirs of a family member, now deceased, who had Pacific Theater duty.
Japanese war relics. Crude 80-year-old reminders of close combat. Image: Northfield police