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MnSQ: Shakopee Catholic Cemetery 2 Multi-Cache

Hidden : 11/27/2023
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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MnSQ: Shakopee Catholic Cemetery 2

The cache is not located near a grave... Please be respectful and cache in, trash out. Also, please only search for cache during daylight hours.

At the posted coordinates, you should look for the gravestone of Navy Ensign Anthony Moriarty. Ensign Moriarty was serving the Navy during World War 2 as a Catalina Patrol Bomber co-pilot. His aircraft crashed into the ocean (90 miles from Attu, an island off the westernmost portion of Alaska) and any rescue was deemed to dangerous for Moriarty and the surviving crew. Ensign Moriarty was killed in action at 22 years old. For a touching story about the event, see the below photo.

On the memorial stone, Anthony was born in what year 19XX? Consider this AB.

Then:

N44 47.(127+AB)

W93 32.(361+AB)

Additional Hints (No hints available.)