Honoring Veterans - 1st Special Service Force Mystery Cache
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Honoring Veterans - 1st Special Service Force
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The 1st Special Service Force, also known as the Devil's Brigade or Black Devil's Brigade, was an elite, joint World War II American-Canadian commando unit organized in 1942 and trained at Fort William Henry Harrison near Helena, Montana in the United States. The brigade fought in the Aleutian Islands, Italy, and southern France before being disbanded in December 1944 due to the high number of causalties that the unit experienced in combat.. Modern American and Canadian special operations forces (known as SF) trace their heritage to this unit. I spent some time with 7th Special Forces Group, which also traces it's history to 1st SSF. The red crest worn on the beret of the modern 7th SF Group comes from the red field of the shoulder patch worn by the 1st Special Service Force. This veteran, Sgt. Joseph Harkness, was a member of an Elite Brigade of highly trained and decorated combat veterans who fought in some very difficult operations in World War II. He received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for heroism during his service.
You are looking for the bronze marker for Sgt. Joseph W. Harkness, U.S. Army Veteran - World War II.
Use the information on the marker to obtain the coordinates for the final cache location.
N 33d 12, ABC W 087d 27.DEF
A= the first digit of the day that he was born
B= subtraact the first digit from the last digit of the year he was born
C= the last digit of the year of his death.
D= add together the digits of the day he was born
E= the second digit of the year of his birth
F= add together the first and last digits of the year of his death
The container is a camoed pill bottle.
Whether you are a veteran or not, you might should consider giving this veteran a sharp salute of thanks and respect for his service before leaving his grave site.
Please do not attempt to the find this cache at night.
Additional Hints
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cvyy obggyr unatvat 4 sg. va fueho vafvqr fznyy tneqra nern
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