WSQ - Decorah Multi-Cache
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The Decorah Cemetery serves as an internment site for members of the Ho-Chunk Nation who have passed away, some of them being military veterans for the United States of America.
You are welcome to visit this cemetery during daylight hours. Please respect the fact, this is a Native American burial site and is considered as a sacred site to the Ho-Chunk People.
As you will note, one of the dead interred her is Cpl Mitchell Red Cloud Jr., who was killed while fighting in Korea. His mother later received a Congressional Medal of Honor for her son’s act of bravery in defense of this country.
First interred at Arlington, he was later brought back to be laid to rest with his ancestors here at Decorah Cemetery.
The cache container is not in contact with any gravestones, monuments or other memorials. Please respect the area. If the cemetery is in use, please refrain from caching this site.
To find the location of the cache, please extract the following information from the Cpl. Mitchell Red Cloud Jr. Memorial located at the description given above – to be used in the following equation:
N44 21.ABC W090 45.DEF
A =’s the last digit of the date the monument was dedicated.
B =’s the next number in progression of the hill designation # U.S Forces were guarding when Cpl Mitchell Red Cloud lost his life.
C =’s the world war was Cpl Mitchell Red Cloud Jr. involved in?
D =’s the total amount of letters in the first name of Cpl Mitchell Red Cloud’s mother.
E =’s the total amount of letters in the first name of the cemetery you’re standing in.
F =’s the number of letters in the first name of the General who gave Mrs. Nellie Red Cloud the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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