Dietz's Cache Traditional Cache
2cvdriver: I've decided to archive this cache and let someone else take the location if they want.
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You can just about drive up to the cache...but...muggles are abound and hence the difficulty rating. The terrain is rated 1.5 only due to the cache not being wheelchair accessible (otherwise I would rate it a 1). The cache is a small round tupperware container that will hold the log and very small items (geocoins, extra-small TB's). I haven't given much of a hint. My dark side took over. I'm evil that way.
Bring a pen or pencil with you.
This cache was inspired by a cache that I visited. I thought it was ingenious and felt I should share it with you.
This cache is located in Dietz Stadium. My goal is to drive some cachers out of their minds. I am sure that many of you are bright enough to find it. Please do not post any hints in your logs.
Remember muggles start walking at the track and perimeter around 5AM... its usually still dark then, so when you arrive, park nearby, put your thinking cap on and scan the area for possible hiding spots before approaching it. With stealth and cunning you should be able to reach it without revealing its location to others.
Dietz Stadium was named after Staff Sgt. Robert Dietz, a Kingstonian killed in the Second World War who was a Medal of Honor winner. It had many uses over the years including professional and exhibition baseball games that included many famous ball players. Now the stadium is used for track and football events.
DIETZ, ROBERT H .
Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company A, 38th Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division. Place and date: Kirchain, Germany, 29 March 1945. Entered service at: Kingston, N.Y. Birth: Kingston, N.Y. G.O. No.: 119, 17 December 1945. Citation: He was a squad leader when the task force to which his unit was attached encountered resistance in its advance on Kirchain, Germany. Between the
town's outlying buildings 300 yards distant, and the stalled armored column were a minefield and 2 bridges defended by German rocket- launching teams and riflemen. From the town itself came heavy small-arms fire. Moving forward with his men to protect engineers while they
removed the minefield and the demolition charges attached to the bridges, S/Sgt. Dietz came under intense fire. On his own initiative he advanced alone, scorning the bullets which struck all around him, until he was able to kill the bazooka team defending the first bridge. He continued ahead and had killed another bazooka team, bayoneted an enemy soldier armed with a panzerfaust and shot 2 Germans when he was knocked to the ground by another blast of another panzerfaust. He quickly recovered, killed the man who had fired at him and then jumped into waist-deep water under the second bridge to disconnect the demolition charges. His work was completed; but as he stood up to signal that the route was clear, he was killed by another enemy volley
from the left flank. S/Sgt. Dietz by his intrepidity and valiant effort on his self-imposed mission, single-handedly opened the road for the capture of Kirchain and left with his comrades an inspiring example of gallantry in the face of formidable odds.
Additional Hints
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