Salute Your Troops - Coast Guard Travel Tag
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Owner:
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gaunygirl
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Released:
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Saturday, April 9, 2016
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Origin:
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South Carolina, United States
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In The Plainfield 4-Seasons Travel Bug Hotel
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First, please do not keep this Trackable! It has set off with the Coast Guard in honor of my father who was in the Coast Guard during WWII. This Travel Buddy recognizes the eight ice breakers in service during WWII, and one of them specifically - the USCGC Eastwind that my dad served on. The Eastwind ferried 200 US army troops which captured the last German weather station in Greenland, Edelweiss II, on 4 October 1944. She also seized the German trawler Externsteine, which was ressuplying the base. Dad was part of the 'prize crew' that took the Externsteine back to Boston. It was aledged to be the only German vessel captured during the entire war.
It would be great if this trackable could visit BOSTON (where the Externstein was taken), NEW LONDON CT (near the CG Academy), and geocaches near bases in SOUTH CAROLINA, TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA.
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