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Poser Military posted on Mar 20, 2011
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In tribute to James Rookard of the 514th Quartermaster Regiment... and all the drivers of the Famed "Red Ball Express" The French railway system had been destroyed by Allied air power before the D-Day invasion in order to deny their use to the German forces, thereby leaving trucks as the only way to move supplies. After the breakout and the race to the Seine River, there were 28 Allied divisions in the field. For offensive operations, each division would consume about 750 tons of supplies per day, a total of about 20,000 tons. At its peak the Red Ball Express operated 5,958 vehicles and carried about 12,500 tons of supplies per day.[1] Colonel Loren Albert Ayers, known to his men as "Little Patton," was in charge of gathering two drivers for every truck, obtaining special equipment, and training port battalion personnel as drivers for long hauls. Almost 75% of all Red Ball drivers were African Americans,[2] able-bodied soldiers who had been previously attached to various units for other duties. Commemorative stone in the village of La Queue-lez-Yvelines (Yvelines) In order to keep the supplies flowing without delay, 2 routes were opened from Cherbourg to the forward logistics base at Chartres. The northern route was used for delivering supplies, the southern for returning trucks. Both roads were closed to civilian traffic. Convoys of no fewer than 5 trucks were allowed, to be escorted in front and behind by a jeep. In reality, it was not uncommon for individual trucks to depart Cherbourg as soon as they were loaded. It was also common to disable the engine governors to allow higher power for climbing hills. The convoys were a primary target of the German Luftwaffe. By 1944, however, German air power was so reduced that even these tempting and typically easy targets were rarely attacked. The biggest problems facing the Express were maintenance, finding enough drivers, and lack of sleep for overworked truckers. Jeep.........BeyondVR ....

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tennesseecowgirl

3:42PM | Sun, 20 March 2011

excellent work!

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neiwil

7:24PM | Sun, 20 March 2011

The Legend lives..possibly one of the greatest non combat events of the war.Brilliant tribute and dedication...this is truly worthy of rememberance..

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Clearbeer

11:31AM | Mon, 21 March 2011

Great work reminding us of overlooked soldiers who, although not carrying rifles in the front line were every bit as important in the fial outcome

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SIGMAWORLD

12:11PM | Mon, 21 March 2011

Excellent image. Well done!

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ranman38

8:37AM | Tue, 22 March 2011

very nice scene

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Osper

8:57PM | Wed, 30 March 2011

The (support) tail of the Allied Dragon! Nicely done!


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