On Armed Services Day, May 17, 2008 a dedication ceremony was held to open VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK in Lake St. Louis Mo. This fine memorial not only honors ALL veterans of ALL branches of service, but also provides a brief history lesson of the wars we have fought and the cost of those wars being measured in terms of service and sacrifice. Creating this cache made me more fully appreciate the sacrifices made by millions of veterans throughout our country’s history and I trust that in determining the final coordinates you too will be reminded of what their service has meant to our way of life.
The published coordinates will take you to the center of the memorial. From there you will be able to gather all the information necessary to determine the coordinates of the FINAL. These numbers sometimes run into the millions, so if your GPSr can't do "math" it might be advisable to bring a calculator. This park is open DAWN UNTIL DUSK.
To find the final, solve the following 5th grade math problems. Do not be tempted to "Google" any of the answers as statistics vary between sources.
NORTH COORDINATE
Vietnam Era served = 8,744,000
MINUS Korean War served =
PLUS World War II died =
PLUS Civil War died =
PLUS Vietnam War died =
MINUS War Of 1812 wounded =
MINUS Persian Gulf War wounded =
William Schlueter served in the Atlantic ??
PLUS Number of letters in ?? =
NORTH COORDINATE =
WEST COORDINATE
World War II served = 16,112,566
MINUS World War I served =
MINUS Civil War served =
MINUS World War I died =
Dallam Ashburn served in the ?? Army?
PLUS the number of that army =
WEST COORDINATE=
The final is located within the boundaries of VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK.
This cache has been placed with the permission of the Lake St. Louis Parks Department. Please park in designated areas only.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.
And the "First To Find" HONOR goes to Phil 4:13
PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE TRACKABLES (GEOCOINS, TRAVEL BUGS, ETC) HERE. AN UNUSUALLY HIGH NUMBER HAVE GONE MISSING FROM THIS LOCATION.