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“INDIANA SPIRIT
QUEST”
The Indiana Spirit Quest series of
geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries
built by Hoosier Pioneers. In just over a year and a half, the
quest has grown to over four hundred caches hidden in over forty
Indiana counties, and Ohio and Michigan and the hiders have grown
to over twenty cacher teams, most of which of which are comprised
of Dogs and their Humans. Over 850
cacher teams have logged over 10.000 finds. One cache machine found
102 ISQ caches in a single day (daylight hours
only).
SCOTT ZUBOWSKI
INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST
#400
OUR FALLEN HERO
THIS CACHE IS PLACED IN HONOR OF LANCE CORPORAL SCOTT A.
ZUBOWSKI, USMC, WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN IRAQ. SCOTT HAS A
BROTHER WHO IS ALSO A MARINE SERVING IN IRAQ. SCOTT WAS A
CLASSMATE, FRIEND AND TEAM MATE OF WHEEL DOG'S. SEMPER FI.
SCOTT AND WHEEL DOG AT MANCHESTER
HIGH
from
Scott's obituary:
LCPL.
SCOTT A. ZUBOWSKI, 20, of North Manchester, died Saturday, Nov. 12,
2005, near Fallujah, Iraq. Born March 18, 1985, in Dyersville,
Iowa, he was the son of Richard Zubowski and Barbara (Annen)
Weitzel. He graduated from Manchester High School, class of 2003,
where he was active in cross country, swim team and track. He was a
member of the National Honors Society and National Merit
Scholarship.
He
enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on June 6, 2003. He
graduated boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego,
Calif., in September of 2003. Shortly thereafter, he attended the
Anti-Tank Assaultman Course at the School of Infantry (SOZ), Camp
Pendleton, Calif. Upon graduation from SOI, he attained the
Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) 0351 (Assaultman). In Nov. of
2003, he joined Weapons Company, .2nd Battalion, 7th Marine
Regiment, 1st Marine Division located in 29 Palms,
Calif.
At
the time of his death, he served as TOW Gunner, Team Leader, and
Vehicle Commander, Mobile Assault Squad 1 Bravo (MAS 1B), Mobile
Assault Platoon l (MAP 1). He was fatally injured while on patrol
on Nov. 12, 2005, in Fallujah, Iraq, by an improvised explosive
device (IED).
He
was deployed twice to Iraq in support of the Global War on
Terrorism, His awards include the Combat Action Ribbon, the Sea
Service Deployment Ribbon, the Iraqi Campaign Medal, the Global War
on Terrorism Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism
Expeditionary Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, and the
Purple Heart Medal. He married Klancey M. Eberly on Dec. 18, 2004,
and she survives. He is also survived by his father, Richard
Zubowski, of North Manchester; mother and stepfather, Barbara
(Annen) and Greg Weitzel of New Castle, Ind.; brothers, Brian
Zubowski of Huntington and David (Kaycie) Zubowski of Oceanside,
Calif.; paternal grandmother, Donna Zubowski of North Manchester;
maternal grandparents, Richard and WaIda Annen of Noblesville;
father and mother-in-law, Gary and Karen Eberly of North
Manchester; brother-in-law, Grant Eberly; and sister-in-law, Britta
Eberly.
.
SCOTT WAS BURIED WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS, WITH MARINE CORPS HONOR
GUARD COMMANDED BY A CAPTAIN, AND THREE GUN SALUTE. 18 MARINES
PARTICIPATED, IN FULL DRESS UNIFORM, AND FLAGS WERE PRESENTED TO
SCOTT'S WIFE, MOTHER, AND FATHER.ABOUT 300 PERSONS ATTENDED THE
FUNERAL SERVICES AT THE BRETHREN CHURCH AND THE
CEMETERY.
A GRATEFUL
NATION
TWO YOUNG BROTHERS
From a Ft. Wayne News Sentinel article
on Scott (Edited):
(WHEEL DOG), a longtime friend, first
met Zubowski in junior high. The two shared similar tastes in
movies, TV shows and humor. By their senior year at Manchester High
School, they were co-captains on the school’s cross country
team. (WHEELDOG) remembers that before a meet, Zubowski would lead
the team in a prayer.
(WHEELDOG) also remembers Zubowski
talking about his desire to be a Marine. “As long as I can
remember he wanted to follow in his older brother’s
footsteps.”
(WHEELDOG'S) grandmother, of Fort
Wayne, has vivid memories of Zubowski, who was among a group of
friends (WHEELDOG) would bring to her St. Joe Center Road home for
weekend visits during high school.
“Scott was a person that, if you
ever met him like I did, you would never forget him,” said
(WHEELDOG'S GRANDMOTHER).
One memory in particular remains vivid
in (GRANDMOTHER'S) mind. It happened one of those weekends when she
had served dinner to her grandson and his friends. After dinner,
Zubowski remained at the dinner table and talked to (GRANDMOTHER)
while his friends went off to play video games. Zubowski told
(GRAQNDMOTHER) about his friendship with her grandson, their shared
interests, and about his life.
“He and I sat here at the table
and talked,” said (GRANDMOTHER). She said most of the other
boys were shy, but Zubowski seemed more mature.
(GRANDMOTHER) heard of Zubowski’s
death from a TV newscast Monday.
“I’d give anything to have
Scott sitting back at my table,” said a tearful (GRANDMOTHER)
“Those memories are just so
precious.”
Scott's grave is located at North 41°
00.4399' and West 85° 46.9416'
CLICK HERE TO VIEW TRIBUTE OR SIGN GUESTBOOK
SCOTT'S LAST CAMERA
UPDATE, OCT. 2008:
From WOWO website : A military test range dedicated today in
honor of a North Manchester Marine killed in Iraq. The one-acre
test range, in Crane, will honor Lance Corporal Scott Zubowski. In
2005, he became the first Hoosier Marine killed in Iraq by an
improvised explosive device, or IED. The facility will be used in
testing ways to combat insurgent bomb attacks.
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or don't sign the log, or reveal the additional hint in your log,
or don't fulfill any additional requirements, your find log will be
deleted without notice... The cache is not located near a
grave... XXXXXXX XX
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seal. Digital photographs taken by Lead Dog, (C) 2005 by RikSu
Outfitters with Kodak equipment, unless otherwise
noted.
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