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“With the 80th infantry Division,

Wide awake MP Sgt. Tom P. Loftus of Diamond, Ohio, stopped a portly man in British uniform riding through a Luxembourg town in a station wagon with a brigadier general’s star on the bumper.  It was a suspicious looking setup, so Sgt. Loftus asked for his credentials.

The ruddy-faced man protested mildly, declaring he was “the Prince of Luxembourg.”  “Yeh, bud,” answered Loftus, “well, I’m General Patton and I want to see your papers pronto!”

The suspect produced his passbook and sure enough, he was Prince Felix of Luxembourg, also a brigadier in the British Army.

Prince Felix commended Sgt. Loftus on his vigilance, shook hands and hit the royal road.”