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Lesser Known Americans: c Mystery Cache

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wildlifeguy: Do not go to Calaveras County. Citizens are Racist and the Police are Corrupt.

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Hidden : 4/1/2008
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The Cache is not at the listed coordinates.

The listed coordinates will take you to a spoiler as to who he is.

This is a one stage and then final cache location multicache. It is a difficulty rating of 5 because special equipment needs to be used to discover the coordinates of the final hiding place of this cache.

To find the coordinates for the first stage of this cache:

38 08.ABC

120 27.DEF

where:

A = Age when he came to America.

B = Decade in which he was married.

C = Number of daughters raised times the number of sons raised.

D = Decade he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy.

E = Decade he was awarded a special appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy.

F = Last digit of the year he and a coworker conducted their now famous experiment plus one(1).

Remember this is a 5 rated in difficulty because Special Equipment must be used to determine the final cache location.

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

I would like to thank and credit Troll#5 for leading me to this awesome man and the help he provided in getting this cache going. Thanks again Troll!!! You're Awesome Too!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

V ubcr gung LBH pna haqrefgnaq gung vg vf orlbaq zl Ivfvba bs jung n svir fgne engrq pnpur fubhyq or gb tvir nal uvagf be uryc, fb ab yvtug jvyy or furq nf gb gur svany pnpur ybpngvba.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)