Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Refueling an advancing army Message-ID: <1990Dec13.033755.19844@cbnews.att.com> Date: 13 Dec 90 03:37:55 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews Abusers Lines: 15 Approved: military@att.att.com From: David Lesher Was not one of the keys to the post-Normandy push east the 'Red Ball Express?' As I recall {most likely incorrectly} this was an all-black transport unit that ran 24 hours a day delivering supplies from the beachheads. Even so, ISTM that Ike had supplies for Patton *or* Montgomery, but not both. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.....wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu & no one will talk to a host that's close............(305) 255-RTFM Unless the host (that isn't close)......................pob 570-335 is busy, hung or dead....................................33257-0335