Travel Bug Dog Tag Normandy Cricket

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Owner:
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Released:
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Origin:
North Carolina, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of Sased.

This is not collectible.

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Current Goal

Would like it to eventually make its way to Normandy. From there - the world!

About This Item

Normandy cricket travel bug

The U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division was issued clickers (a.k.a., crickets), just prior to D-Day (June 6, 1945). The purpose was to allow the paratroopers to find their comrades without revealing themselves. One click was used to ask for identification; two, the correct answer.

This is a reproduction we bought when visiting the Normandy beaches (with Captain Bligh) in April 2008.

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Tracking History (17030.3mi) View Map

Visited 6/5/2015 Sased took it to Ossiachersee Süd Kärnten, Austria - 5,021.53 miles  Visit Log

Visited Ossiachersee Süd (GC2GJRK)
Visited 3/22/2013 Sased took it to Taino Beach Bahamas - 745.43 miles  Visit Log

Visited Taino Beach (GC22GZG)
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/19/2013 Sased retrieved it from VIEW CARRE ' Louisiana   Visit Log

On its way to Europe
Discovered It 3/11/2013 Wrath557 discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered
Dropped Off 3/1/2013 mbooda placed it in VIEW CARRE ' Louisiana - 30.6 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/18/2013 mbooda retrieved it from Mandeville CDM - Feb. 2013 - Coffee and Beignets Louisiana   Visit Log

On we go.
Dropped Off 2/13/2013 pbooda placed it in Mandeville CDM - Feb. 2013 - Coffee and Beignets Louisiana - 43.83 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/9/2013 pbooda retrieved it from William Jefferson Clinton - MGC POTUS Series #42 Mississippi   Visit Log

Husband mbooda visited Normandy with his parents some thirty years ago; I've never been. Of course we've seen [i]The Longest Day[/i] where John Wayne demonstrates one of these things!
Dropped Off 2/4/2013 mrahudson placed it in William Jefferson Clinton - MGC POTUS Series #42 Mississippi - 1.43 miles  Visit Log
Visited 2/3/2013 mrahudson took it to 7th Street Park Mississippi - 13.1 miles  Visit Log
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