[EternalVigilance]

Oh my.

I was thinking as I was posting that, wouldn’t it be something if someone saw a name they knew?

God bless him.

[colorado tanker]

I noticed Cpt. Harold E. Brown was listed as the S-2 and I was pretty sure he was from Johnstown, Colorado, as I've never heard of Johnston. Confusingly, one of the best truckstops in the country is there, called Johnson's Corner. Try one of their cinnamon roles if you ever get a chance. On I-25 between Denver and Ft. Collins.

Just for the heck of it I googled Harold Brown. He survived the war and settled down in Colorado to raise a family and have a long life.

. . . . and a book was written about him.

It turns out the 202nd got to Berchtesgaden even before the 101st and Cpt. Brown took a couple of souvenirs from Hitler's dining room. And, at the end of the war as they were investigaing stolen Nazi art, they found the Crown Jewels of Hungary.