#history #ww2 Red Ball Express
A famed truck convoy system that supplied Allied forces (...) after breaking out from the D-Day beaches in Normandy
primarily 2.5 ton GMC “Jimmy’s” and 1.5 ton Dodge trucks emblazoned with red balls, which followed a similarly marked route that was closed to civilian traffic.
''Keep 'em Rolling ! ''
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Many of the truck drivers were of African-American decent. Ike and Patton awarded the unit and individual drivers after the war, Patton saying "Victory in Europe would not have been possible without the Red Ball Express."