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Thank a Vet Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/2/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Log only, screw container off to retrieve and sign log.
Cache is not located at the posted coordinates. You need to go there to get the information required to find the cache.

View the large black monument at the posted coordinates to find the following information:

A - Number of letters in last name of last soldier that died in World War II
B - Number of soldiers who died in Korea
View the smaller monument to the right to find the following information:
C - First digit of the Detachment number named for L/Cpl Slattery

Go across the street to the monument on the other side of the street on Papermill Rd. to find the following information (use the parking waypoint):
X - Number of flagpoles at memorial
Y - Number of servicemen/women total surrounding the walkway
Z - Monument was placed by the Malapardis --- Club. Number of letters in the missing word

Final cache is located at:
N 40 49.ABC
W 74 25.XYZ

Cache is located in Veteran's Memorial Park which is built on the land where the McEwen paper mill was once located. This is one of the three paper mills that made up the Whippany Paper Board until it closed in 1980. The land has been cleared and cleaned up but evidence of it's industrial past are still evident in the test wells that dot the property. Patriots Path also crosses through the property.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nobhg 6 srrg hc.

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)