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I had driven some Harley trucks and \u00be-ton trucks during training, but no Jeeps.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Certainly not the 1942 Willys-Overland Universal Jeep, which the young Foran found himself driving on some extremely dangerous missions in the last months of World War II. That old Jeep became a link for Foran through the decades to a time of youth, of service, and of bravery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a restored 1942 model that Foran donated to VFW Post 430 in Canyon \u2014 one that will be used in parades and other patriotic ceremonies by the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foran, a former pipeline contractor, was on the prowl for that Jeep model when a nephew, Joe Foran in Dallas, helped him locate one in the East Texas town of Gladewater. It was painted white to limit any rust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was 20 years ago. Foran bought it, repainted it to its original Army green and reworked the brakes and transmission. It took about two years to restore it \u2014 \u201cI worked at it at odd moments,\u201d Foran said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was in slightly better condition than the one Pvt. Foran had to drive in Germany in 1945. It was salvaged from the Battle of the Bulge just a few months before and used more oil than gasoline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foran was not even 19 when he arrived in Germany. He was among hundreds of soldiers who had crossed the Atlantic on the Queen Elizabeth, a crowded double load that meant every other night he and half the men had to give up their bed to the other half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One stormy night, Foran and another soldier were trying to find dry conditions to sleep. They found one in a nook next to the officers\u2019 quarters. The quarters were strictly off-limits to enlisted men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis other fella worried we had violated orders,\u201d Foran said. \u201cI pointed out to him, as replacements we were taking the place of men who had been killed in action, wounded or captured. I said if they put us in jail for this, we may have a better future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Foran arrived along the border of France and Germany, he reported to the 687th Artillery and was assigned to a Capt. Rostrum, an S-2 \u2014 an intelligence officer, a forward observer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we\u2019re talking about here is extremely dangerous,\u201d said Ret. Army Col. Clayton Hoffman, former 430 post commander. \u201cDon is very modest about this, but there\u2019s not a more dangerous position in war than being with a foreign observer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Foran described it, it was \u201ca rather active position.\u201d The S-2 section\u2019s mission was to locate the Germans, usually within 200 meters or so, and then call in the coordinates. The entire section consisted of two tanks and Foran and Rostrum in the Jeep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe former driver could not pat me on the back or hug me enough because he was so glad to get rid of that position,\u201d Foran said. \u201cI asked someone if that was common, and he said, \u2018Oh, he\u2019s just yellow.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1607\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17206615970365.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17206615970365.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17206615970365.jpg.jpg?resize=224,300 224w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17206615970365.jpg.jpg?resize=768,1028 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17206615970365.jpg.jpg?resize=765,1024 765w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17206615970365.jpg.jpg?resize=1147,1536 1147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Don Foran restored and donated a 1942 jeep to the Canyon VFW post. (Lauren Koski\/The Amarillo Globe News via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lanky 6-foot-6 Foran was what was known as a \u201cdog robber,\u201d basically a personal aide of an officer during war. He was tipped the princely sum of $5 a month by the captain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think they were sympathetic to a high school kid because that\u2019s what I was,\u201d Foran said. \u201cIt was definitely dangerous, but if a captain could do it, this private could do it also.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foran proved to be so adept behind the wheel of the 942 Willys-Overland that after the war, he was assigned to drive documents concerning the Nazi\u2019s Dachau prison camp from Nuremberg, where the war trials were held, to Munich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foran left the Army on July 15, 1946, from what was then occupied Germany to return to Amarillo. Cars have always piqued his interest. For nearly 20 years, he did maintenance on First Baptist Church\u2019s vans and buses. As for the nine vans and two buses, \u201cI just put gas in them now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for the Jeep, as the years click off, it\u2019s time to find a home for parts of his past. Post 430 seemed like a nice resting place for the restored Jeep of an old dog robber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Information from: Amarillo Globe-News, http:\/\/www.amarillo.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Foran recently let a part of his past 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