Medal Of Honor and Other Heroes
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This cache honors the Medal of Honor recipients, and all the other heroes buried at Ft. Logan National Cemetery in Denver
This multi-cache requires you to visit the grave sites of the 3 Medal of Honor recipients that are interred at Ft. Logan National Cemetery, but in order to recognize that everyone who has served their country is a hero, this cache requires that you gather information from the grave sites on either side of the Medal of Honor recipients, and use that information to solve the puzzle for the final cache location in a park nearby. The final location is not far off the trail and there is the potential for muggle activity in the area, so please use stealth when searching for the cache.
The coordinates listed will take you to the first of the 3 Medal of Honor recipients' grave sites...William E. Adams. A full description of each Medal of Honor recipient is included below:
William E. Adams, Grave Site #P3831,
Location: 39 38.811 -105 03.103
Rank and organization: Major, U.S. Army, A/227th Assault Helicopter Company, 52d Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade. Place and Date: Kontum Province, Republic of Vietnam, 25 May 1971. Entered Service at: Kansas City, Mo. Born: 16 June 1939, Casper, Wyo. Citation: Maj. Adams distinguished himself on 25 May 1971 while serving as a helicopter pilot in Kontum Province in the Republic of Vietnam. On that date, Maj. Adams volunteered to fly a lightly armed helicopter in an attempt to evacuate 3 seriously wounded soldiers from a small fire base which was under attack by a large enemy force. He made the decision with full knowledge that numerous antiaircraft weapons were positioned around the base and that the clear weather would afford the enemy gunners unobstructed view of all routes into the base. As he approached the base, the enemy gunners opened fire with heavy machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms. Undaunted by the fusillade, he continued his approach determined to accomplish the mission. Displaying tremendous courage under fire, he calmly directed the attacks of supporting gunships while maintaining absolute control of the helicopter he was flying. He landed the aircraft at the fire base despite the ever-increasing enemy fire and calmly waited until the wounded soldiers were placed on board. As his aircraft departed from the fire base, it was struck and seriously damaged by enemy anti-aircraft fire and began descending. Flying with exceptional skill, he immediately regained control of the crippled aircraft and attempted a controlled landing. Despite his valiant efforts, the helicopter exploded, overturned, and plummeted to earth amid the hail of enemy fire. Maj. Adams' conspicuous gallantry, intrepidity, and humanitarian regard for his fellow man were in keeping with the most cherished traditions of the military service and reflected utmost credit on him and the U S. Army.
Maximo Yabes Grave Site #R369
Location: 39 38.900 -105 03.140
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company A, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Phu Hoa Dong, Republic of Vietnam, 26 February 1967. Entered service at: Eugene, Oreg. Born: 29 January 1932, Lodi, Calif. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. 1st Sgt. Yabes distinguished himself with Company A, which was providing security for a land clearing operation. Early in the morning the company suddenly came under intense automatic weapons and mortar fire followed by a battalion sized assault from 3 sides. Penetrating the defensive perimeter the enemy advanced on the company command post bunker. The command post received increasingly heavy fire and was in danger of being overwhelmed. When several enemy grenades landed within the command post, 1st Sgt. Yabes shouted a warning and used his body as a shield to protect others in the bunker. Although painfully wounded by numerous grenade fragments, and despite the vicious enemy fire on the bunker, he remained there to provide covering fire and enable the others in the command group to relocate. When the command group had reached a new position, 1st Sgt. Yabes moved through a withering hail of enemy fire to another bunker 50 meters away. There he secured a grenade launcher from a fallen comrade and fired point blank into the attacking Viet Cong stopping further penetration of the perimeter. Noting 2 wounded men helpless in the fire swept area, he moved them to a safer position where they could be given medical treatment. He resumed his accurate and effective fire killing several enemy soldiers and forcing others to withdraw from the vicinity of the command post. As the battle continued, he observed an enemy machinegun within the perimeter which threatened the whole position. On his own, he dashed across the exposed area, assaulted the machinegun, killed the crew, destroyed the weapon, and fell mortally wounded. 1st Sgt. Yabes' valiant and selfless actions saved the lives of many of his fellow soldiers and inspired his comrades to effectively repel the enemy assault. His indomitable fighting spirit, extraordinary courage and intrepidity at the cost of his life are in the highest military traditions and reflect great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of his country.
John Davis Grave Site #MB280
Location: 39 38.930 -105 03.162
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry. Place and date: At Culloden, Ga., April 1865. Entered service at: Indianapolis, Ind. Birth: 1 January 1838 Carroll, Ky. Date of issue: 17 June 1865. Citation: Private John Davis and Private Aaron Hudson were both awarded the Medal of Honor for their gallantry in action against Confederate forces at Culloden, Georgia. In the Battle of Culloden on April 19, 1865, a part of Wilson's Raiders, moving toward Macon, encounter the "Worrill's Grays". Greatly outnumbered, the "Grays" yielded after a two-hour battle. In that action the rebel flag marked with "Worrill Grays," was captured by Privates J. Davis and A. R. Hudson from a battalion of militia after a sharp skirmish, in which a a small party of the regiment ran about 200 militia." Died: December 30, 1901 in Cotopaxi, Colorado at the age of 63
The final cache is located at N39 AB.CDE, W 105 FG.HIJ
where:
A = last digit of Cpl Stewart's birth year
B = last digit of PFC Bell's death year
C = third digit of Pvt Davis' death year
D = Sgt Shaffer's day of death in July
E = third digit of WOJG Smith's birth year
F = first digit of Sgt. Shaffer's Inf Regiment minus 1
G = third digit of Pvt Davis' birth year
H = fourth digit of SP5 Grosch's death year minus 5
I = second digit of TECS Robbin's Cavalry Unit minus 2
J = third digit of WOJG Smith's death year
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