This cache is a tribute to just a few of the many men and women who have served our country and have given us the freedoms that we all enjoy because of their sacrifices.
The posted coordinates are NOT the location of the cache, but they are the starting point for solving this cache.
Begin by finding the starting point, which is a monument for the US Coast Guard. The posted coordinates should take you right to the monument. Close to the monument, you will find one of the tombstones that you will need to find.
As this is a puzzle cache, there is a puzzle to decipher which will lead you to the final coordinates of the cache.
This is a cemetery puzzle cache. Please be respectful of the area. The cemetery does not allow visitors from dust to dawn so this is a daytime-only cache.
Your mission is to find each of these tombstones and to reflect upon these men who so selflessly served our great country.
All of the tombstones that you need to find for this puzzle are in the same section of the cemetery that you will be standing in when you reach the starting point. Do not cross any roads when looking as the tombstones are all in the Veterans part of the cemetery.
The final coordinates of the cache are:
N 39 AB.EEG W 095 CD.FDA
A = F1 Fredrick F. Johnson WWII Veteran - Add 01 to the day of his birth and subtract the day he passed.
B = SP5 Kenneth W. Streeter Korea Veteran - 3rd digit of the year he was born.
C = SP5 Willie Henry Brown Vietnam Veteran - 3rd digit of the year he was born.
D = T SGT Howard A. Marcell WWII Veteran - 2nd digit of the day he was born.
E = CAPT Ernest Cartmill Vietnam Veteran - 2nd digit of the day he was born.
F = S SGT William A Bell WWII Veteran - 2nd digit of the day he was born.
G = PVT Earl W Hupp WWII Veteran - 4th digit of the year he passed.
Note: It's come to my attention that there is an online site that can be used to solve these types of puzzles. It has also come to my attention that there is a glitch in the system which makes you come up with the wrong answer. So please don't use the online site to try and figure this puzzle out, you will need to go to the cemetery and enjoy walking around and finding the gravesites.
Congratulations MsJules on FTF!