http://www.historynet.com/on-the-road-to-victory-the-red-ball-express-march-97-world-war-ii-feature.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:31:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.historynet.com/on-the-road-to-victory-the-red-ball-express-march-97-world-war-ii-feature.htm/comment-page-1#comment-43513 Jeff Kaschyk Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:32:50 +0000 #comment-43513 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. 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.

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