[Herb]

Doubs, not having been there, just listened to it on the radio, I can't imagine what would have made the holes that you describe other than a shotgun and I don't think they were in use then by our troops. The old 'pineapple' grenade we used was serrated into about 1/2" squares and usually stayed that way after detonation, the artillery shells did throw shreds of steel casing, shrapnel is not the proper term, these were usually varied in size and shape with no intended shape shattering built in. In this case it would be neat to hear the real story of what happened to it. Perhaps one of the 'old' guys was there and could enlighten us about the types of frag in use at that time.