Travel Bug Dog Tag Medal of the Expert

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Owner:
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Released:
Monday, November 24, 2003
Origin:
Illinois, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of KDEM.

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How near can this get to military bases, camps, airfields, jungles, swamps, etc.

About This Item

In 1968, while on tour in Vietnam, I found a US Army medal hanging from a tree branch along a remote trail. This was in the Central Highlands near Pleiku. In hindsight, it was almost like finding today's geocaches. I have no idea how the medal got there, (expert rifle), it is usually worn on a "Class A" uniform which was seldom seen in Nam. After 30 years of setting in my desk drawer, its time for it to see some of the world. Thus, it is now attached to a travel bug.

In memory of our brave warriors then and now.

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    Tracking History (23452.9mi) View Map

    Dropped Off 11/18/2011 MaikSilvio placed it in old Riyadh Saudi Arabia - 7,110.59 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 11/5/2011 MaikSilvio retrieved it from First Corniche Travel Bug Hotel United Arab Emirates   Visit Log

    Will go to the west...
    Dropped Off 11/1/2011 Trapper939 placed it in First Corniche Travel Bug Hotel United Arab Emirates - 1,129.43 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 10/14/2011 Trapper939 retrieved it from Oregon's Resources Kyrgyzstan   Visit Log

    Taking this guy to Doha next week.
    Dropped Off 10/10/2011 Bobo1 placed it in Oregon's Resources Kyrgyzstan - 649.56 miles  Visit Log

    Dropped off a TB! BTW, it is not hangin' out any longer.
    Visited 9/11/2011 Bobo1 took it to French Foreign Micro Afghanistan - 7,276.56 miles  Visit Log
    Grab It (Not from a Cache) 8/20/2010 Bobo1 grabbed it   Visit Log

    Carrying this to Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom. I'll be headed that way in November
    Retrieve It from a Cache 8/18/2010 tmturk retrieved it from The Appalachian Quilt Trail - Mariners Compass Tennessee   Visit Log

    Found this great TB in a great cache. I have a best friend that is in the army and getting ready to be deployed so I'm going to pass this on to him to move to a base far away.
    Discovered It 8/14/2010 Penny's pack discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered in the Appalachian Quilt Trail cache.
    Discovered It 8/2/2010 sawmiller discovered it   Visit Log

    Go vets. Thanks for the ongoing and past service. Thanks.
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