I wonder how many people realized the reason for the truck run? Coors Beer was not sold east of the Mississippi and just that fact made it a desired ‘luxury’ in the East. Pilots were known to store a case or two in ‘unused space’ when traveling east. Legend has it that a C-119 leaving Denver for Georgia had a problem with its ‘center of gravity’ point as too much contraband was improperly stowed. Higher ups in Military Air Transport Service (MATS) were not amused!
Thank GOD they haven’t remade this. If they did, it would be w/ Yuengling and the song would be West Bound and Down I guess.