This cache is in a nice little park that time has forgotten about. It is also the location of of a terrible tragedy that happen on December 20th 1952.

One of the world’s worst air disasters up to this moment in time, occurred at this airport a few thousand feet from the location of this cache on December 20th, 1952. It involved veterans who were stationed stateside and veterans returning home from the Korean War and Far East Command. At that time, the Air Force had a program called "Operation Sleigh Ride", which brought servicemen home in time for the holidays. The lucky passengers' names were drawn by lot number. This particular flight was scheduled for Texas and points east. The accident took place at 6:27 a.m. on a cold Moses Lake morning. There was 115 on board the plane, 87 were killed when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff.

The plane involved in the accident was a C-124A Globemaster that had been made by the Douglas Corporation. These giant planes were big enough to carry 200 fully armed troops. It was a two-deck plane with four 3,500 horsepower engines, and passengers entered it by a nose ramp.

So there you have a little bit of our local history, I hope you enjoy this little park that time has forgotten.

Please replace the cache exactly as you found it, and practice your stealth geocaching skills when there are none geocachers in the park.

**The Moses Lake Lions club has started construction of the memorial in this park for the 87 "Forgotten Heroes", if you would like to help or learn more about the community effort to make a memorial contact the Moses Lake Lions club or me KC7MEL.

****For more information about the crash at Larson Air Force Base take a look at the Korean War Educator web page here.

Good Luck and Have Fun!