23,000 Drivers. 83 Days. The WWII Trucking Mission That Changed the War Red Ball Express

Описание: At 3 a.m. on a French road in August 1944, Private First Class Curtis Cullin couldn't see 30 feet ahead. His GMC CCKW was overloaded, running hot, and somewhere behind him 80 more trucks were trying to keep up. He didn't stop. He couldn't stop.
This is the story of the Red Ball Express the emergency WWII trucking operation that kept Patton's Third Army alive when the fastest armored advance in history outran its own supply chain.
23,000 drivers. 6,000 trucks. 83 days.
412,000 tons of supplies delivered under fire.
75% of drivers were Black soldiers and history nearly forgot all of them.
The GMC CCKW deuce and a half wasn't glamorous. It wasn't fast. But it was the truck that changed the outcome of World War II in Western Europe and the men behind its wheel never got the credit they deserved.
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SOURCES & FURTHER READING
National World War II Museum, New Orleans Red Ball Express Collection
The Red Ball Express David Colley 2000
U.S. Army Transportation Corps Historical Records
3rd Army After Action Reports, August November 1944
Library of Congress WWII African American Military Service Archive

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