To this day, Forsyth County Fire Chief Danny Bowman can remember the smell of his daddy’s shoe polish. I can smell brasso right now,” he said matter-of-factly. “Kiwi shoe polish ... every night he was home.” Born across from Atlanta's Lakewood Amphitheater to a sergeant major — the highest enlisted military rank — Bowman has a keen memory and a passion for history. To tell the life of the 67-year-old career fireman, one merely needs to look at seven of his most prized possessions … from his family history to his engine trucks.