DORSET — They are commonly called land mines, but those in the field prefer “UXO”: unexploded ordnance. The acronym covers not only mines but bombs, bullets, mortars, grenades — you name it.

Since the Vietnam War ended in 1975, more than 38,000 men, women and children have died — and tens of thousands more have been injured — by accidental explosions in Vietnam. But Clear Path International, a humanitarian group that two Vermonters recently helped found, is working to put an end to the waste of life and limb.

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