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On the Road to Victory: The Red Ball Express – March ‘97 World War II FeatureWorld War II | one comment | Print This Post | Email This Post A generation after World War II, Colonel John S.D. Eisenhower, a veteran of the European war and son of the supreme Allied commander in Europe, wrote: “The spectacular nature of the advance [through France] was due in as great a measure to the men who drove the Red Ball trucks as to those who drove the tanks.” Colonel Eisenhower concluded, “Without it [the Red Ball] the advance across France could not have been made.” As the saying of the day went, “Red Ball trucks broke, but didn’t brake.” * Subscribe Today
First-time contributor David P. Colley is a resident of Easton, Pa. Further reading: The United States Army in World War II, Logistical Support of the Armies, by Roland G. Ruppenthal; and Overlord, by Thomas Alexander Hughes.[ TOP ] [ Cover ] Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Help HistoryNet by bookmarking to
           
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One Comment to “On the Road to Victory: The Red Ball Express – March ‘97 World War II Feature”
My father was one of the white drivers pulled from various units. He was from the 406th Fighter Group/514th Fighter Squadron. Although I could never get him to talk much about his service, he did mention filling Patton’s tanks that had run out of gas on the battlefield. I haven’t seen any citation of that before reading this article.
I’m hoping to get a better timeline of his re-joining the 514th. I know also, that he was involved with the defense of Bastogne for which his unit received a presidential citation. Even though he was a just a mechanic and and worked on the armament of P-47’s he was awarded 6 bronze stars.
By Jeff Kaschyk on Mar 15, 2009 at 7:32 pm