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Footsteps of Heros LbNA #33566 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jul 29, 2007
Location:
City:Mt. Pleasant
County:Isabella
State:Michigan
Boxes:1
Planted by:Flutter-Five
Found by: Mossie
Last found:Oct 3, 2008
Status:FFFFaaFaaaaa
Last edited:Jul 29, 2007
N=north, E=east, S=south, W=west

*It is highly recommended that you collect all of your clues from the war memorial and surrounding area before you begin searching for the letterbox! You also may need a compass, and will need your own ink pad.

-The Michigan Vietnam Memorial was officially dedicated as the state memorial on July 15, 1990 at Island Park in Mount Pleasant. Begin here.

*Count the number of "Jones"; ______ . Go that many down from the name "Lewis, RK". Use the first initial of the first name that you come to; ______, and go in that direction following the sidewalk.

-One out of every ten who served in Vietnam were killed or wounded.

*Look down low for the Kastle built in 1990. From that point go in the direction of the first name initial for "Bass"; ______, following the sidewalk.

-The Vietnam war(1954-1975), was also called The Second Indochina War,and grew out of the long conflict between France and Vietnam. In July 1954, after one hundred years of colonial rule, a defeated France was forced to leave Vietnam.

*You'll soon see a large rock off to your left with a quote on it. Figure out how many are missing in action on the first 3 name plaques of the war memorial; ______. Using that number, go that many words from the beginning of the quote on the rock and use the last letter of that word for your next direction; ______.

-On January 12, 1962 In Operation Chopper, helicopters flown by U.S. Army pilots swept a NLF stronghold near Saigon. It marked America's first combat mission against the Vietcong.

*Going in your new direction from the rock, follow the road through the parking lot till it dead ends at the gate. For your new direction, take a moment to pay your respects at the Iraqi war memorial located to the west of the Vietnam memorial. Located on the dedication plaque the next direction's first letter is engraved three times only;_____.

-The average age of those killed in Vietnam was 23.11 years old.

*From the gate at the dead end in the parking lot, you'll now walk in the new direction taken from the Iraqi war plaque. Keep walking till you come to a large bridge that crosses the Chippewa river. Cross over the bridge to the other side. Next to the Vietnam war memorial is a large bronze statue entitled "War Cry". Take a good look at it. Find the two lettered word located on the soldiers' holsters. The second letter is your last clue; _____.
Once you have crossed the bridge, stop! Using this last clue go to that side of the bridge an look up underneath it! Try and be discreet since this is a very traveled area.
God bless America and those who fought for it!