The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced a major milestone in the ongoing cleanup of the old Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant near DeSoto. The Army has completed the clean-up of explosive materials at the site. Decades of explosives produced at the site meant that many dangerous chemicals seeped into the earth and required special cleaning on the nearly 10,000-acre site.
The huge installation provided ammunition throughout World War II as well as the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Wednesday, June 14th, the Army Corps announced that the site’s explosive material had been entirely removed, which clears the way for the continued construction of the Panasonic battery plant.
