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Famous World War II Correspondent Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/26/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A simple puzzle cache to honor one of North Carolina famous WWII war correspondents. He was born about 1 mile from this location. The coordinates will bring you to a state historical marker honoring this hero.

To get the final location

North coordinates: take the last two digits from the year of his birth and subtract it from the last three digits of the posted North coordinates.

West coordinates: subtract 60 from the last two digits of the year he died. Take that number and add it to the last three digits of the posted west coordinates.

Congrats to Ranger Fox on the FTF

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

rznvy vs lbh ernyyl arrq n uvag.

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)