When David Fax was a cadet in the Air Force ROTC detachment at Howard University in the early 1970s, one of his professors asked him what he knew about the Tuskegee Airmen. Stumbling for an answer, ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Red Ball Express is something not many people know about, but it played an integral role in ending World War II. It was a convoy system of trucks that supplied things ...
After the Normandy landings in June 1944, the advance of Gen. George S. Patton’s 3rd Army through eastern France was slowed by insufficient supplies of fuel, food and ammunition. On Aug. 25 of that ...
The story of World War II’s “Red Ball Express” serves as a reminder that winning wars means winning a battle of logistics. It also offers insight into how we should approach our assistance to Ukraine ...
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When the Red Ball Express Went to War
The final chapter plunges into the brutal combat reality faced by the Red Ball Express as ambushes German fighters sabotage and winter froze the supply lines yet the drivers kept pushing through fire ...
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