S. Tampa Ammo 2 Traditional Cache
bottleboy: We have now lost 2 ammo cans on this cache [B)][:(][V]. Unfortunately, due to muggle activity in on this one we have decided to archive this one. The good side to this is that there will be 2 new caches in this park very soon for 2 new smilies [:D]. The bad news is that they will be micros instead of a nice big ammo can [:(][V].
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Ammo Box
This is another Ammo box located at Bobby Hicks Park.
For the longest time, this park, dedicated to Bobby "Robert" R. Hicks, was just a lake with a fence around it to keep people out. The city has finally done something here and made it a much nicer place. The olympic size swimming pool is open to the public from 2pm to 6pm on weekdays with life guards on duty at all times. Children under 8yrs require adult supervision. Stealth will be required at times due to the children around the boys and girls club and fisherman about the area.
A Little History
Robert R. "Bobby" Hicks was born in 1911 in New Orleans, and his father died when Hicks was young. At age 12, Hicks moved with his family to Tampa. Hicks grew up in Seminole Heights and graduated from Hillsborough High School.
Hicks joined the 116th Field Artillery of the National Guard in 1931, and in 1940, Hicks and his unit were activated to serve in World War II. Hicks went to the South Pacific, where he served in New Guinea, the Dutch Indies, Morotai, the North-South Islands and in the Philippines.
He held the rank of major by 1944 and was awarded the Bronze Star, and the Philippines Liberation Medal and Victory Medal, among others.
Hicks returned to Tampa after the war and became a sports writer for the Tampa Tribune in 1946. Hicks joined the Army Reserve in 1948 and remained active with it for the rest of his life.
He was civically active, serving as a Shriner, Mason, member of the Gray Gables-Bon Air Civic Club and a director of the Tampa Tarpon Tournament. He was a director of the Florida Sports Writers Association and a committee member of the Baseball Writers of America, who participated in rule changes for professional baseball.
Hicks died in 1966 of a heart attack. He was 54.
Hicks' namesake city park was dedicated in the late 1960s. The Bobby Hicks Memorial Olympic Pool was opened in 1976.
Happy Caching
Congratulations to Florida Sandpiper on the MEFF on this one.
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