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Veterans Memorial Park #1 Multi-Cache

Hidden : 1/18/2023
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


At the posted coordinates you will find an information board the will provide you with the information required to solve for the final coordinates for this multi cache.

This park is dedicated to Kenneth Leo Marvin (19A1 - 20BC), he was a local Gig Harbor resident who joined the Marine Corps in 19XX and fought in WWII. He was captured by the Japanese on Wake Island in 194D and was interned in a Prisoner of War camp in Japan for a total of 1,E5F days.

3rd digit of year born = A

3rd digit of year died = B

4th digit of year died = C

4th digit of year captured = D

2nd digit of number of days held as a POW = E

4th digit of number of days held as a POW = F

# of letters in wife's first name = G

# of letters in the last name of the last name of the 2nd veteran in column #2 = H

 

Final cache can be located at the following coordinates

N 47° 1 (C + A) . D (E + G) (A + B + F)

W122° 3 (C - D) . (F - E) (F + G) (H - ((E + F))

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zntargvp Purpx Fhz (sbe qhzn332) vf Abegu = 34, Jrfg = 24

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)