The Current FReepathon Pays For The Current Quarters Expenses?
Posted on 11/19/2011 4:59:19 PM PST by Windflier
The saga of the U.S. Army’s Operation Klondike is a highly strange one. It’s one that has its beginnings in the Second World War, has a major connection to a secure location famous for its truly huge gold-reserves, is linked to a priceless ancient treasure, and even has a tie-in with UFOs. It’s a weird story that has at its core the Holy Crown of Hungary, or as it is more famously referred: the Crown of Saint Stephen, the coronation crown used by the Kingdom of Hungary, and which is believed to have been fashioned at some point during the 1100s.
The crown has a remarkable history, to say the very least, having been stolen and recovered on countless occasions, the most recent example of which occurred when Lajos Kossuth, the Regent-President of Hungary, fled the country with the crown in-tow – as a result of the collapse of the Hungarian revolution of 1848 – and summarily buried it in a forested area of Dracula’s home-country of Transylvania! Fortunately, by 1853, the crown had been successfully recovered and was returned to Buda Castle, Budapest, from where Kossuth had originally pilfered it. But, the adventures of the crown were far from over: it was eventually destined to travel overseas, no less.
As the Second World War came to a crashing end, for Hitler and Co., at least, and as the Russians were publicly demonstrating their strength all across Hungary, the crown was secretly handed over to elements of the U.S. 86th Infantry Division – to ensure it stayed firmly out of the hands of the high-ups within the Kremlin. As a consequence, a secure, heavily-guarded location was chosen to house the priceless, legendary item: the Kentucky-based Fort Knox, the United States’ Bullion Depository, which holds approximately two-and-half percent of all the gold known to have been refined throughout the entirety of human history.
He barely made it. Another 10 years and it was all over!
Just bumped into this website the other night and posted this story so that everyone who likes a late night read about the strange and curious would have the link.
Yep. So bloody typical of Carter.
For the record, and barely on topic, I once panned for gold on Bonanza Creek in the Klondike. I was unsuccessful
Looks like an interesting read...Bump for later.
Well, at least you chalked up a life experience that few others will ever have. Something to share with the grandkids.
I have a tiny nugget, I panned in Juneau.
The Current FReepathon Pays For The Current Quarters Expenses?
Juneau the capital of alaska?
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