Tanks and cannons that once were used to fight enemies now face a greater foe ? rust, corrosion and contaminants that could pollute groundwater.

“The soil is clay, so there?s no real harm there. But you know what? I live in [Harford] County too,” said William Atwater, director of the U.S. Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

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