Quality Test

[dickboyd@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/6/2004 12:28:37 PM Pacific Standard Time, somebody 
writes:


> He also figured he'd been shot at a goodly
> bit more during his active duty time in WWII and Korea than many of those
> who were making the big proclamations of how beautifully things worked. 
> 
> Somebody
> 
There are RABs nationwide at FUDS. People in Yuba and Nevada County are on 
Restoration Advisory Boards (RABs) looking into formerly used defense sites 
(FUDS). Beale Air Force Base and the former Camp Beale, which was sold back to 
private owners, or dedicated to Fish and Game. 

Participation in RABs was what sparked the Federal Advisory Committee 
question. Did you know anyone on a FAC?

In my opinion, one element of FUDS is to estimate the amount of unexploded 
ordinance. Some of the ammunition was quality tested at training ranges. Sixty 
years later, information should be available regarding the pass/fail tests of 
batches of ammunitions. Especially interesting would be an estimate of the 
number of rounds that failed to explode. A percent figure would not be very 
helpful without knowing the total number of rounds fired.

Some of the ammunition was "lab" tested or mathematically checked. Some of it 
may have been pencil whipped.

Probably the only person that knows how to recover the information is the 
fork lift driver from "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

dickboyd@aol.com

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