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Ultimate Sacrifice Dog Tag Geocoin Ultimate Sacrifice Pfc. Devon J. Gibbons

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Released:
Friday, December 7, 2007
Origin:
Ohio, United States
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Lest We Forget Washington's Ultimate Sacrifice Traveling Soldier

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Ultimate Sacrifice Dog Tag Coin

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Tracking History (9606.7mi) View Map

Dropped Off 2/15/2009 MadDogAnger placed it in PCTB Cache Missouri - 73.84 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/2/2009 MadDogAnger retrieved it from Oakwood Travel Bug Station Missouri   Visit Log

Coin dip for milage purposes. We took this coin to Michigan, and then returned here to Springfield with it. It is headed up to Ft. Leonard Wood very soon to continue on its journey!

Dropped Off 1/2/2009 MadDogAnger placed it in Oakwood Travel Bug Station Missouri - 586.62 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 11/27/2008 MadDogAnger retrieved it from Always-Greenville Michigan   Visit Log

Coin dip . . . this coin was with us when we visited this cache.

Dropped Off 11/27/2008 MadDogAnger placed it in Always-Greenville Michigan - 279.79 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 11/26/2008 MadDogAnger retrieved it from Going Camping Indiana   Visit Log

A very cool coin, and an even more important message. So now that we won't forget:

Army Pfc. Devon J. Gibbons defied the medical odds for more than two months. Just 23 days after his arrival in Iraq, a 600-pound bomb blasted apart his Bradley fighting vehicle, burning 19-year-old from Port Orchard over 90 percent of his body, severing both legs and his right arm and tearing open his belly. After surgeries in Iraq and Germany, he was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, which treats some of the worst trauma of war. Gibbons’ condition was beyond critical.

"They don't even call him critical," his father, Mel, told the San Antonio Express News. "They don't have a category for it. They just call it 'Devoncare.'"

His family set up a Web site, and people around the country followed the story of the young man’s 10-week fight to survive. Though wracked with pain, he still found strength to joke with those who came to his bedside in San Antonio. And his family said he drew courage from his Mormon faith. But pneumonia set in and on June 23, 2006, Gibbons, a strapping young man at 6-foot-3, closed his eyes one last time.

"Devon was a strong spirit and he fought to stay with us for a while, but in the time we had with him here we were able to have some wonderful, in-depth talks. He was ready to move on and had a sense of urgency about him," the family said.

A message from Mr. and Mrs. Mel Gibbons - Devon's parents:

"Please do not dishonor his sacrifice by being angry. He knowingly and willingly went to fight for others so they would be free and so the terrorists would never return to U.S. soil."

I will pass it around the local veteran's community for a while as a way to introduce them to Geocaching and then will re-launch it up near Ft. Leonard Wood to continue its trek.

Semper Fi - Mad Dog Anger

Dropped Off 11/1/2008 Walkabout46 placed it in Going Camping Indiana - 331.04 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/22/2008 Walkabout46 retrieved it from Sarge’s Travel Bug Barracks Ohio   Visit Log

It is an honor and priviledge to bring Pfc Gibbons to Indiana to serve as a reminder to future finders of the sacrifices of our brave soldiers who protect us. (Correcting date - should be 22nd not 23rd.)

Dropped Off 10/19/2008 Geo-Sarge placed it in Sarge’s Travel Bug Barracks Ohio - 30.66 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/5/2008 Geo-Sarge retrieved it from NeoGeo Celebration (1K Class #13) Ohio   Visit Log

Picked this one up at the Class 13 1K Event. Thanks for sharing.

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