Honoring the Gray Soldier Traditional Cache

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I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

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Hidden : 3/14/2017
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This Geocache is not designed to be difficult. The intent is to honor the memory of an old friend, and to reward travelers with generous finds.

Read all the way through, in order to find the lock box code. Staff Sergeant Yancy Tell Gray, was Assigned to 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Yance died September 10, 2007 of injuries sustained in a non-combat-related vehicle rollover along with six fellow soldiers. The cargo truck they were riding in overturned and fell 30 feet into a ravine while transporting Iraqi prisoners in Baghdad, Iraq. Also killed were SSG Gregory Rivera-Santiago, SGT Michael Hardegree, SGT Omar L. Mora, SGT Nicholas J. Patterson, SPC Ari D. Brown-Weeks and SPC Steven R. Elrod. Yance grew up on a ranch in Ismay, Montana, and could ride, rope and brand at a very young age. He was so eager to join the Amy that, while still in high school, he had his parents sign a waiver to allow him to join the service. Gray’s friends and relatives said he felt so strongly about the Army that he re-enlisted despite the war. He loved being in uniform and was well liked in the community. Yance had his own views about the conflict in Iraq as written in the controversial article he along with six other soldiers wrote that was published in the New York Times in August 2007, but he never allowed his views to prevent him from doing the job that he was asked to perform by our country.

     Yance was a man of faith, and good fun. The cache is themed after his military career. The first travelers will find small bags filled with items similar to ones he requested for care packages. (First to find will receive a red canister filled with a treasure of fun items.) Later travelers will find other items similar to the gifts Yance brought his family from his tours. A calendar is included with the log book to keep track of days visited, so feel free to leave as much or as little description about your experience as you wish.

CRITICAL UPDATE04/21: Local thieves stole the geocache and it has been reinstated to the right of the new handicap railing in order to make it accessible, but to also discourage future theft. There is now a lock on the Geocache, which will open to Yancy's initials followed by the year (0x) he passed.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

N arneol fgnghr thneqf gur zrzbel bs gur Tenl Fbyqvre... Lbh'yy svaq gur pnpur va gur "Envyvat Cra".

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)


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