WSQ Bloody Buna Multi-Cache
sloughfoot: With three DNF's I'm sure that this one is missing. It is the second time in a year that it has been muggled so we are going to archive it.
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A drive in a cemetery to within 50' of stage one. Then a short drive followed by a very short walk to the final.
1st Sgt. Elmer J. Burr is a "Medal of Honor" winner and Seldom|Seen has a nice cache at the Bridge of Valor in Menasha honoring him and Ken Stumpf GC15QPG.
This 2 part cache will take you to Elmers grave and then using some info from his wifes grave you will find the coordinates to the final which is NOT in a cemetery.
My Uncle Owen J. Monthey was killed in the same battle as Elmer but 6 days later on Dec. 31, 1942. His unit was Co. F 128th Inf. Battalion 32nd Div. The Buna Battle was over less then one week later.
The 32nd Division was made up of mostly Wisconsin and Michigan National Guardsmen. If you ever drive on Hwy 32 you will note the Red Arrow with the perpendicular line on every road sign. That is to honor the 32nd Div.
The Battle for Buna was the U.S.Army's response to the Japanese trying to seize Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and turned out to be a terrible place to fight. We weren't prepared for the jungle warfare, disease and a heavily defended force and the battle dragged on forever.
Sparse Grey Hackle has a connection to this battle also, I will let him explain his connection when he logs the cache.
The final cache is located at N44 10.ABC W88 28.XYZ
Find Elmers wife, she is quite near him and using her birth year subtract 1303 for ABC. Using her year of death subtract 1106 for XYZ.
Additional Hints
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Lbh fubhyq or arne gur FYBHTU.
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