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AFO - U.S. Army Museum of Hawai'i Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/14/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The Cache is NOT at the Posted Coordinates!!! Solve the simple puzzle below to find the Cache.

This cache is one of the puzzle caches that make up the ALOHA from O'ahu (AFO) series. This series of caches, designed to take you on a tour of O'ahu, was created by GeoGerms in 2011-12 and adopted by Cache_Lee in 2021.

ALOHA from O'ahu

---U.S. Army Museum of Hawai'i---

 

 

The U.S. Army Museum of Hawai'i is housed inside Battery Randolph, a former coastal artillery battery, located at Fort DeRussy Military Reservation. (Battery is defined as a group of guns, mortars, artillery pieces, etc., placed under one tactical commander in a certain area.) The museum's collection contains some World War II armor pieces, an AH-1 Cobra helicopter, small arms, and the battery itself. The main guns were scrapped prior to the inception of the museum.

 

Tanks

Tanks outside Museum

The Museum’s exhibits cover the military history of pre-Imperial Hawai'i and the post-annexation history of U.S. Army warfare in the Pacific, including World War II, Vietnam, and Korea. The museum also includes a "Gallery of Heroes" honoring recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross.

The U.S. Army Museum of Hawai’i is located at 2131 Kalia Road, Honolulu, Hawaii. It is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 am to 5 pm. For more information go to:  https://hiarmymuseumsoc.org

You DO NOT need to enter the Museum to find the cache.

 

~~~For the puzzle, some U.S. Military Tank research will be necessary.~~~

 

Cache is at:

 


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: Frnepu jvgu "Z" va sebag. Uvqr: Zntargvp anab va oenpxrg bs gur fhccbeg sbe gur "Glcr 1"

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)