7. William Colby Concluded His WWII Adventures by Accepting the Surrender of a German Garrison
After another harrowing chase, with Nazis nipping at their heels, William Colby and his men once again shook off their pursuers by climbing Benzedrine Hill. While awaiting new orders, Colby’s men found and buried the remains of their comrades who had crashed near their initial drop zone.
A few days later, they stumbled across a squad of Germans and wiped them out in a shootout. A few days after that, Germany surrendered. As commander of the nearest Allied unit on the ground, Colby accepted the surrender of the local German garrison. After a triumphant tour during which they were lionized by the locals, our hero and the other NORSOGs made it to the Norwegian capital of Oslo. From there, they were repatriated back to the US in June 1945.