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Father and Son Veterans - WWI, WWII Multi-Cache

Hidden : 9/15/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


You are looking for the grave site of two U.S. Army Veterans who are also father and son.

The father, Rufus G. Springer served in the Rainbow Division during the First World War.  The Rainbow Division is a National Guard/U.S. Army Division that deployed to France in 1917 and fought in four major Operations, the Champagne-Marne, the Aisne-Marne, the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. In total, it saw 264 days of combat and had Casualties of:Total 14,683 (KIA – 2,058; WIA – 12,625).

The son, Dewey Everett Springer served in the U.S. Army in the Second World War.  He was Killed in Action in the Pacific.  He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Use the information found at the grave sites to obtain the final coordinates.

The final coordinates are N 33d  17.3AB    W 087d  46.5CD 

A= Rufus G. Springer - add together the two numbers of the Rainbow Division found on the back of Pvt. Rufus G. Springer's large headstone

B= Rufus G. Springer - the third number digit on the third line of his military marker

C= Dewey Everett Springer - the number of letters in the first word on the fourth line of text on his military marker

D= Dewey Everett Springer - Add together the last two digits of the year of his death on his military marker

Cache container is a camoed pill bottle

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

urnq uvtu va Prqne Gerr

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)