This is no ordinary geocaching trading item!

1LT Thomas Martin is a USA Flag Tag Travel Bug, traveling from geocache to geocache on a very specific mission.

If you do not intend to log your visit on the Geocaching.com web site, please DO NOT TAKE THIS ITEM. Its travels and its progress requires you to log that it is being taken from this geocache. You will also need to log when you place it in another geocache. It's easy!

If you are willing to log your part of this Trackable's journey and place it in another geocache as soon as possible (after you log your find), grab it from this geocache.

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First Lieutenant Thomas Michael Martin, US Army
10 October 1980 – 14 October 2007

Tom was born in Huron, SD and graduated from high school in Cabot, AK in 1998.  He enlisted in the US Army and trained at Fort Sill, OK.  In 2001 Tom entered the US Military Academy at West Point, NY, where he started on the Rugby Team and earned his parachutist badge at Fort Benning, GA.  Tom graduated in May 2005 from West Point and trained at Fort Knox, KY as an Armor Officer.  Tom returned to Fort Benning to attend Ranger School, which included training at Dahlonega, GA, and Eglin Air Force Base, FL.  In June, 2006, Tom reported for duty at Fort Richardson, AK.  He was assigned as the Sniper Platoon Leader and deployed with his unit in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in October 2006.

In October 2007, 1LT Martin was Killed in Action in Al Busayifi, Iraq, from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire during combat operations.  All of Tom’s Soldiers returned safely from their 15-month deployment.
Tom is survived by his parents, Ed and Candy; his fiancé, Erika, and sisters Sarah, Laura, and Becky.  Tom is interred at the West Point Cemetery at the US Military Academy.  His eternal neighbors include General George A. Custer, General Norman Schwarzkopf, Astronaut Ed White, and several of his West Point classmates who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their country.  More information about West Point is available at www.usma.edu.