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I Shall Return Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 10/5/2003
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

"I came out of Bataan, and I shall return."

March, 1942 - Singapore had been captured in the rapid Japanese advance, Darwin had been bombed, the islands of the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies were rapidly falling to the invaders. Nothing stood between the Japanese and Australia.

General Douglas Macarthur had been ordered to leave the besieged defenders in the Philippines to assume overall command of Allied forces in the South West Pacific Area. The Australian government and people welcomed him and the American forces he could call upon as the only hope the nation had.

The little town of Terowie was to play its part in these momentous events for it was here that the famous General gave his first press conference and first uttered those often-quoted words, "I shall return".

Why here? Because in those days this was a major rail junction where three different rail guages met. The General changed trains here for the last leg of his journey from Bataan to his new command headquarters in Melbourne.

After you find the cache take a detour down the main street to see a town dying, quite depressing when you know this was once the busiest rail town in South Australia.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Rnfg cyngsbez, abegu raq.

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)