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The oldest vet: Rossville man in WWII to the end

In the lobby of NHC Health Care in Rossville, Floyd Brown, 99, talks about his time in the U.S. Army in Germany during WWII. Brown's nephew, Don Brown, left, listens.
In the lobby of NHC Health Care in Rossville, Floyd Brown, 99, talks about his time in the U.S. Army in Germany during WWII. Brown's nephew, Don Brown, left, listens.

By Judy Walton 3 min read

Floyd Brown spent a lot of his wartime in an Army jeep, but that didn’t mean he had it easy.

The Rossville native, who turns 100 this month, said he joined up late in World War II as a replacement in the 45th Division, one of the first Army National Guard units activated in the war.

The division he was to join had fought its way from Sicily through Italy and France and into Germany, at enormous cost in lives and equipment.

“I would have been on the first call, but I had three kids,” said Brown, who was a rural mail carrier in the North Georgia area before signing up.

Bio:

Name: Floyd BrownAge: 99Home: Rossville, Ga.Military branch and rank: U.S. Army National Guard, private first class