Archive photo of the day
Destroying ammunition in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2003
Stars and Stripes
January 13, 2024
(Ivana Avramovic/Stars and Stripes)
Velika Ribnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 25, 2003: U.S. Army 1st Lt. Roger Moss, Staff Sgt. Christopher Yonat and Sgt. Brinson Crews, all of 221st Explosive Ordinance Detachment, layer C-4 explosives on top of ammunition to destroy it. Russian Stabilization Force troops collected more than 1,700 pieces of ammunition, among which were 100 mines, 1,009 rifle grenades, 211 artillery rounds, 279 mortar mines, and two aviation bombs through Operation Active Harvest. The ammunition was destroyed by Russian and American troops.