Travel Bug Dog Tag A Soldier's Pride

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Silyngufy Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Origin:
Wisconsin, United States
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Current Goal

To travel the world visiting war memorials.

08/24/14. I would like this bug to start heading back home to Wisconsin.   This bug is now discoverable only  

 

 

 

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A Soldiers Pride

This is a patch off of a soldiers uniform. This young man is stationed in Afghanistan and sent this to me as a thank you for sending him much needed items. Visit www.booksforsoldiers.com to help the many other soldiers fighting overseas. Mike sent this to me because he is no longer allowed to wear it on his uniform (he did not go into specifics, but I believe it has to do with the recent conflicts). It is half of the American flag and half of afghanistan's flag. It would like to visit various war memorials around the world as a reminder that freedom is not free.

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Tracking History (47550.4mi) View Map

Visited 6/15/2015 Kilted Viking took it to BTS (Victory Monument) Thailand - 3.58 miles  Visit Log

This monument seemed a likely place for A Soldier's Pride to visit, so I took the BTS Skytrain out here to visit and look for a nearby cache with no luck.

This entry was edited by Kilted Viking on Tuesday, 16 June 2015 at 07:46:00 UTC.

  • Victory Monument, Bangkok
Visited 6/15/2015 Kilted Viking took it to Pier N01 - Oriental Thailand - .31 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/15/2015 Kilted Viking took it to BTS (Saphan Tak Sin) Pier (Central) Thailand - 614.84 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/15/2015 Kilted Viking took it to Watched by pretty Thai girls Thailand - 614.62 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/11/2015 Kilted Viking took it to Hanoi Botanical Garden Vietnam - .21 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/11/2015 Kilted Viking took it to A piece of history Vietnam - 6,820.26 miles  Visit Log

I had not been to this "piece of history" in the middle of Hanoi before, but always wanted to visit it, so having A Soldier's Pride with me, made it the right time to visit. The actual cache is the remains of a B52 bomber shot down in 1972 during the aerial bombardment of Hanoi, in a small body of water located in an urban area of the city. There is also a B52 Museum nearby, which I visited.

This entry was edited by Kilted Viking on Tuesday, 16 June 2015 at 03:33:06 UTC.

  • At a piece of history cache The remains of a B52 bomber can be seen in the background in this small lake in Hanoi. A soldier's Pride is in my hand.
  • Remains of a B52 bomber The remains of a downed B52 bomber have been colected and are laid out in the grounds of the B52 Museum in Hanoi. It was a huge aircraft!
  • Soldier's Pride visiting Hanoi A closer shot of the B52 assembled in the grounds of the museum
Visited 5/30/2015 Kilted Viking took it to Log n' log n' log Washington - 4.48 miles  Visit Log
Visited 5/30/2015 Kilted Viking took it to The Secret Path Washington - 8,304.56 miles  Visit Log
Visited 5/3/2015 Kilted Viking took it to Ulu Watu Indonesia - 330.42 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/27/2015 Kilted Viking took it to Taman Sari Water Castle Indonesia - 8,314.77 miles  Visit Log

I visited a old Dutch Fort near the Taman Sari Water Castle cache, so thought I would show a military fortification in Indonesia, as part of th ejourney for a Soldier's Pride.

This entry was edited by Kilted Viking on Tuesday, 16 June 2015 at 03:21:28 UTC.

  • Vredeburg Fort, Yogyakarta, Indonesia An old Dutch fort during their occupation of Yogyakarta, before the Japanese invasion and capture of the fort.
  • Cannon in the courtyard of Vredeburg Fort A pair of cannon in the courtyard as yoiu enter the fort. There was another pair on the opposite side.
  • Japanese occupation A diorama of Japanese soldiers based here during World War II
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