FORT MONMOUTH, N.J. — Charles Appleby scrutinizes old documents, conducts field excavations and uses ground-penetrating radar among other techniques in methodical pursuit of his prize.
Appleby doesn’t wear a brown fedora hat, nor does he carry a coiled whip at his side a la Indiana Jones, but his commitment to unearthing his quarry is just as resolute.
An environmental specialist with the Directorate of Public Works (DPW) at Fort Monmouth, N.J., Appleby and his colleagues are charged with the environmentally safe removal of heating oil or septic tanks that were used at various times throughout Fort Monmouth’s long history. The fort is scheduled to close in September 2011.
