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Iwo To Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/5/2020
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COODINATES

You must take a virtual trip to two stages and answer the questions
to obtain the final coordinates for the physical cache.

 

N 36 AB.CDE     W 076 FG. HIJ

Imo To is part of the Ogasawara Archipelago and is administered
by the Subprefecture of Tokyo.
Since July 1944, when the civilian population was forcibly evacuated,
the island has only been poplulated by military forces.

 

Imo To was the location of some of the fiercest and bloodiest
fighting in the Pacific during World War II.
Between February and March 1945 the United States suffered 20,040 casualties.
Over 17,845 japanese were killed or missing.

 

Go to the highest point on Iwo To
You will find a memorial that will provide the answers needed.

 

A   The number of stars on the plaque at the top of the memorial?

5  =  48

6  =  50

7  =  47

 

B  The quote on the left side of the memorial is from?   

2  =  King

3  =  Nimitz

4  = Zumwalt

 

C  The memorial was erected by the ___________

1  =  31st USNCB

2  =  American Legion

3  =  Army Corps of Engineers

 

D  What is on the center of the monument (below the flag)?

7  =  Marine fighter planes in the "Missing Man" formation

8  =  Marines raising the flag

9  =  Marine wading ashore form a landing craft

 

E  Old Glory was raised on ______ by the _______

5  =  15 March 1499       Virginia National Guard

6  =  14 January 1945    82nd Airborn Division

7  =  23 February 1945   2nd Bn 28th Regt Fifth Marine Division

 

 

Arlington National Cemetery is a United States military cemetery
where the dead of our nation's conflicts have been buried,
beginning with the Civil War, as well as reinterred dead from earlier wars.

 

Go to Arlington Ridge Park
This memorial provides the below answers.

F  What date is in the "In Honor and Memory" inscription on the base of the memorial?

0  =  10 November 1775

1  =  23 February 1945

2  =  03 July 1863

 

G  What is inscribed around the top of the base?

8  =  Famous Marines who died in combat

9  =  Major Marine Corps Actions

0  =  The names of the men depicted in the sculpture

 

H  Walk around the monument. What years are engraved under the 
     Name to the left of the wreath?

7  =  1987  -  1991

8  =  1917  -  1918

9  =  1945  -  1954

 

I  Who made a 16 MM motion picture of the second flag raising on Iwo Jima?

7  =  Joe Rosenthal

8  =  Bill Genaust

9  =  Felix de Weldon

 

J  Who recorded a song about the Native American in the sculpture?

0  =  Johnny Cash

1  =  Barry Sadler

2  =  Kenny Rogers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgntr 1 "JZ1O5S" Fgntr 2 "Fgerrg Ivrj" Svany "Zvffvffvccv fgngr gerr"

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)