In 1970 I sailed around the world aboard the USS America CVA - 66
and this geocache is to be a memorial for the ship for it was
intentionally sunk in the Atlantic Ocean at a Top Secret location
on May 14, 2006. She was my mistress for over a year and it was
very hard to accept that the USS America CVA - 66 no longer sailed
the seven seas. I considered myself very fortunate to have served
aboard this great ship.
In the Navy I was a Communications Technician O Brancher and
worked with Top Secret Code Word messages every day. Many of these
messages were Admiral's Eyes Only. But the messages were obviously
in English after we decoded them.
For our world cruise of over 9 months we were stationed very
near or pulled into some exotic ports all over and we heard some
foreign languages to these 20 year old American ears. In this
series of geocaches the coords were intentionally plotted wrong but
they will get you "near" the geocache. To learn where the geocache
is located you will need to interpret the language that is in the
hint. The hint will tell you exactly where it is and what to look
for.
Your task, if you choose to follow through with your assignment,
is to figure out what language it is and interpret the language
into English.
If you are fortunate enough to know the language this will be
super easy for you. The language hint will be different for each
port we entered as we traveled around the world. Some will be in
English and some will not.
This language is that of our first port after we left Norfolk VA
and headed south.
A few days earlier I became a Shellbacker at 0000000 W 40.0.0
and now I was walking on its beaches. It was here I found out where
we were going to spend our long months at sea and making a world
cruise, but considering what was going on at that time we all
suspected it. I wrote home to tell my parents where we were going
and to wish me luck.
The language is that of the our first port. Seen in so many
movies and TV shows today.