Left to right: 1st. Lt. Jack Bushyhead, 1st. Lt. William E. Rogers, and 1st. Lt. Howard A. Buechner during a visit to the Bergdorf, Hitler's mountain top retreat on the Obersaltzberg at Berchtesgaden, Germany, on May 27, 1945. This snapshot was taken less than a month after Lt. Busyhead had machine gunned 346 German guards during the liberation of Dachau. Col. Buechner kept his secret for more than 40 years. (Photo by Capt. John P. Fees)

1st Lt. Jack Bushyhead relaxing on the veranda of a house near Augsburg, Germany, where he and Lt. Buechner were billeted during May - July, 1945. Bushyhead, a full blooded Native American (Cherokee) from Oklahoma, died in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Christmas Day 1977. (Courtesy of Col. Howard A. Buechner)