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	Red Ball Express
		The Red Ball Express was a massive convoy effort to supply the Allied armies moving through Europe.
		The Red Ball Express was created to bring ordinance and gas to the units fighting at the front.
		Red Ball Express trucks were most often stopped by water in the gas.
	www.fatherryan.org /blackmilitary/redball.htm (1534 words)

	POL on the Red Ball Express (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Most importantly, the Red Ball Express brought precious time for the rear echelon support team, allowing it to complete its task of building up the railroads, port facilities, and pipelines needed to sustain the final drive into Germany.
		Red Ball proved beyond a doubt the versatility and convenience of transporting gasoline in small 5 gallon containers.
		However, at the very height of Red Ball activities forward movement of POL was threatened by a severe shortage of jerricans.
	www.qmfound.com /pol_on_the_red_ball_express.htm (2335 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: The Road to Victory by David Colley
		Certainly, the Red Ball contributed significantly to the defeat of the German Army in France during the summer and fall of 1944.
		Red Ball became the "tail" of an American Army that was the most highly mechanized and mobile combat force the world had ever seen.
		The Red Ball route ran from the beaches of Normandy and the ports of the Cotentin Peninsula, principally Cherbourg, to Paris, 270 miles to the east.
	www.fictionwise.com /ebooks/eBook1339.htm (1570 words)

	The Red Ball Express Information Page
		The Red Ball Express was the codename for one of World War II's most massive logisitics operations, namely a fleet of over 6,000 trucks and trailers that delivered over 412,000 tons of ammunition, food, and fuel (and then some!) to the Allied armies in the ETO between August 25 and November 16, 1944.
		For the 225th AAA Searchlight Battalion, which was a semi-mobile outfit, being a "Red Ball" trucker meant that you were charged with driving battalion trucks to the Red Ball depots and picking up supplies, especially gasoline and ammo, and then ferrying them back to the 225th's positions at forward airfields along the West Wall.
		Red Ball proved beyond a doubt the versatility and convenience of transporting gasoline in small five-gallon containers.
	www.skylighters.org /redball/index.html (2637 words)

	Gamerhelp - Video Game FAQs, Tested Cheat Codes, Gaming Community and more
		The perfect swing is when you connect with the ball in the center of the bat, which is the "sweet spot".
		The red squares are your strong zones; with a good connect, you can nail a home run or send the ball far enough to bring in a run, or get a double or triple.
		If you are running and the ball looks like it'll fall just in front of you, pressing down will send your player on his feet to try to grab the ball.
	www.gamerhelp.com /xbox/MVPBaseball2004/100096.shtml (9374 words)

	Hilltop Times - Viewpoints (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		"Red Ball Express" was the Army code name for a truck convoy system that stretched from St. Lo in Normandy to Paris and eventually to the front along France's northeastern borderland.
		On an average day, 900 fully loaded vehicles were on the Red Ball route round-the-clock with drivers officially ordered to observe 60-yard intervals and a top speed of 25 miles per hour.
		At the Red Ball's peak, 140 truck companies were strung out with a round trip taking 54 hours as the route stretched nearly 400 miles to First Army and 350 to Patton's Third.
	www.hilltoptimes.com /Commentary.asp?edition=41 (809 words)

	The Road to Victory: The Untold Story of World War IIs Red Ball Express (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As a majority of the Red Ball drivers, mechanics and support staff were in fact African-Americans any story of the Red Ball with heart and humanity should deal with issues common in the US Army of 1944; namely blatant prejudice, segregation and yes racism.
		Colleys treatise is really an examination of logistical support in NW Europe that focuses on the successes and shortcomings of the Red Ball Express as it provided such a critical role in the continuation of the drive across France after the breakout in Normandy.
		Even 1952s "Red Ball Express" featuring a 25-year-old Sydney Poiter, is a fanciful piece of fiction focused on an integrated platoon.lt;pgt;The fact is that African-American troops in Europe constantly had to fight not only the enemy, but the bigotry of their own fellow Americans.
	www.history-asia.com /The_Road_to_Victory_The_Untold_Story_of_World_War_IIs_Red_Ball_Express_0446667684.html (1252 words)

	What's With the Red Ball? - Network Consultation - Web Design - Computer Maintenance - Darron Networking - Fair Lawn - ...
		The "Red Ball Express" was the convoy system created by the U.S. Army during World War II in Europe.
		The term "Red Ball" was used by the railway freight business in the United States.
		Just like the red ball express, we want to get you from where you are to where you want to go at a steady pace; a pace you are comfortable with.
	www.darron.net /redball.html (337 words)

	Battle of the Bulge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A trucking system known as the Red Ball Express was instituted; however, for every gallon of fuel that reached the front line near the Belgian border, five gallons of fuel had been expended delivering it.
		While operations continued in the autumn, notably the Lorraine Campaign, the Battle of Aachen, and the fighting in the Hurtgen forest, the strategic situation in the west changed little.
		On 12 January, the Red Army launched the Vistula-Oder Offensive in Poland and East Prussia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge (7381 words)

	Red Ball Express (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Red Ball Express was a enormous convoy system created by Allied forces to supply their forces moving through Europe following the breakout from the D-Day beaches in Normandy.
		At its peak the Red Ball operated 5,958 vehicles, and carried about 12,500 tons of supplies a day.
		In order to keep the supplies flowing without delay, two routes were opened from Cherbourg to the forward logistics base at Chartes.
	red-ball-express.area51.ipupdater.com (356 words)

	Having a Ball on Mars
		The wind blowing across the face of the Red Planet would be the only engine needed to move such a ball from place to place, says Jack Jones of JPL's Inflatable Rover Program.
		Their experiments in the Mojave Desert confirmed that 6-meter diameter balls should be able to climb over or around one-meter rocks and travel up slopes 25-degrees and higher in the thin, but breezy Martian air.
		The ball shares the same heritage as the airbag used for the 1996 Pathfinder mission.
	science.nasa.gov /headlines/y2001/ast17aug_1.htm (1043 words)

	Project Vote Smart - Public Statements
		The Red Ball Express was the code name of a huge convoy operation which began on August 21, 1944, to provide provisions and supplies to American and Allied soldiers fighting their way across Europe following their successful landing at Normandy.
		When the Red Ball Express ended in mid-November 1944, over 412,000 tons of fuel, ammunition, food and other essential supplies had been delivered to troops on the front line.
		The Red Ball Express, a predominantly African-American outfit, was a massive 82-day convoy effort that supplied the Allied armies moving through Europe.
	www.vote-smart.org /speech_detail.php?speech_id=43126&keyword=&phrase=&contain= (867 words)

	Michigan Lottery Daily 3 Game Excitement Will Rise While Waiting for The Red Ball to Fall! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When the red ball is selected, the Lottery will draw a second set of Daily 3 numbers, giving players a second chance to win on the same ticket.
		When a white ball is drawn, it will be taken out of the machine and set aside – resulting in one less white ball that could be drawn the next night and an increased chance of drawing the red ball.
		Whenever the red ball is drawn, all of the balls will be returned to the machine for the next night’s drawing.
	www.michigan.gov /lottery/0,1607,7-110--65112--,00.html (423 words)

	Project Vote Smart - Public Statements
		Historians note that the members of the Red Ball Express played a pivotal role in defeating the Nazis by “ensuring U.S. and Allied war-fighters had what they needed to sweep across France into Germany.” Slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers served in the predominantly Black unit.
		The gallant members of the Red Ball Express, which was largely African-American, helped to dispel that myth by putting themselves into harm's way and by saving the day for their fellow troops for 82 days.
		In spite of the indignities and the double standards that they endured, the men in the Red Ball Express mightily contributed to the war effort.” The unit gained legendary status after its convoy reached Paris.
	www.vote-smart.org /speech_detail.php?speech_id=66865&keyword=&phrase=&contain= (564 words)

	wer-weiss-was \| "Red Ball" \| aus Forum Militärhistorie
		Red Ball (R a i n e r, 23.7.2002 00:09)
		Der "Red Ball Express" war (glaube ich) eine Kraftstoffversorgungsluftbrücke zwischen England und Belgien 1944.
		Red Ball ist Truckerslang und heisst soviel wie Expresslieferung.
	www.wer-weiss-was.de /theme138/article1220256.html (624 words)

	HTD MacArthur's Red Ball Express
		The outfit's first job was to put into operation a high-speed, "Red Ball" express from San Fabian to recently liberated Manila.
		Besides operating the "Red Ball" from Lingayen south, it was now hauling to Army supply points established for the support of troops engaged in the fierce fighting in the hills around Bagujo.
		In addition to its regular "Red Ball" runs, HTD was being called on for close-up support of combat troops in Northern Luzon.
	www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil /wwII/htd.htm (1569 words)

	DefenseLINK News: African Americans Gain Fame as World War II Red Ball Express Drivers
		James Rookard was 19 when his truck company drove in the famous Red Ball Express, the U.S. supply lifeline that allowed frontline units to advance and force a German retreat from France.
		African American members of the World War II Red Ball Express repair a 2.5-ton truck while a crewman at a machine gun keeps watch for the enemy.
		A truck driver fills a tire with air along the Red Ball Express highway during World War II.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Feb2002/n02152002_200202151.html (1046 words)

	Military.com - Unit Histories
		The Red Ball Express successfully transported 24/7 and with astonishing speed the tidal wave of troops, equipment, fuel, and ammunition that overwhelmed the German opposition, and did so in spite of life-threatening obstacles, ambushes, strafing by Luftwaffe planes, mines and booby traps on narrow and difficult roads.
		This is the first book-length study of the Red Ball Express, the huge, round-the-clock, vital WWII trucking supply transport operation.
		The Red Ball Express was heavily manned by African-American / Black American GI's who often found themselves fighting two wars: one against the Germans and another against racism.
	www.military.cibmedia.com /main-search-detail.asp?idsearch=transport&productcode=B-1736 (155 words)

	Quartermaster History - Red Ball Express - 10 September 1944
		Starting in late August, Quartermaster and Transportation Corps units opened the "Red Ball Express," and began moving tens of thousands of tons of precious supplies to the fighting front.
		the Red Ball route had reached Versailles and split into two branches -- one bypassed Paris to the north and continued to Soissons to serve the First Army, the other moved in a southeasterly direction in support of the Third Army.
		Over the next two months some 1,500 QM and TC trucks carried over 8,000 tons of supplies daily on the Red Ball Express.
	www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil /historyweek/sep9-15.htm (235 words)

	Homicide: The alt.tv.homicide NewbieFAQ
		* FWIW, "Red Ball Express"** was the name of a commercial freight firm (which may still exist) that was noted for quick delivery via trucks during the 1930s.
		During the breakout from Normandy in the summer of 1944 (WWII), "The Red Ball Express" was the nickname given the transportation units that sped supplies from the beachheads and other captured ports to the increasingly distant fighting units.
		*I do believe that a red ball** was originally a railroading expression; a redball had the priority right of way on the tracks.
	members.tripod.com /~Homicide_LOTS/faq/faq3_1.html (835 words)

	ABOUT WORLD WAR II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Instead, a massive trucking system known as the Red Ball Express had been set up, but by the time it reached the Belgian border it had burned five gallons of fuel for every one it delivered.
		Several senior German military advisors expressed serious concerns along these lines to Hitler prior to the engagement, but all such concerns were ignored or thoroughly dismissed by the Führer.
		Indicative of the desperate circumstances under which the battle plan was finally approved was the intentional scheduling of the offensive just as the weather produced a massive warm front with heavy fog and low-lying clouds, effectively grounding the Allied air forces in the area for the first few days of the operation.
	www.aboutww2.info /battles.html (20325 words)

	Fredericksburg.com - Orange honors trucker in WWII's Red Ball Express
		There's one in particular that haunts the 85-year-old veteran, a driver for the celebrated "Red Ball Express" transport corps that shuttled mountains of ammo, gas and more from Normandy to the advancing Allied armies in 1944.
		Johnson's emotionally charged moment came on one of those runs, driving one of the heavy transports that he and another driver kept on the road 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
		After receiving the award, Johnson chatted about his 11/2-year stint as a Red Ball driver.
	www.fredericksburg.com /News/FLS/2005/032005/03222005/1707962 (880 words)

	LIBERATION Road : A Novel of World War II and the Red Ball Express \| Buy cheap Book with low price
		The Civil Rights movement in America had its beginnings in that war, and the desegreation of the military was the first great step forward for our integrated society.
		The fl Red Ball drivers were really the pioneers, because of their intrepidness and courage in the face of not only combat but the inbred racism in the army.
		Add to that the power of the novel's story of a rabbi chaplain, gone to war to determine the fate of his pilot son, and you have a moving mix of characters, a fascinating backdrop, and Robbins' proven abilies with action, fact, place and people.
	book.surpriced.com /0553801759.html (769 words)

	Information about U.S. Proofcard®: 29¢ Red Ball Express: World War II Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Trucks driven mostly by fl privates from the U.S. Transport Corps picked up freight at St. Lô near the Normandy beaches, and drove as fast as they could to Chartres to supply the U.S. 1st Army, or to Dreux for the U.S. 3rd Army.
		Driving mostly at night with flout lights -- called cat eyes -- they recklessly careened around curves and sped all-out in straightaways in a desperate effort to deliver fuel, food, ammunition and spare parts to the forward lines.
		This puts the item in your Express Shopping Cart, where you can change the quantity or remove it.
	www.unicover.com /EA4PAXJW.htm (471 words)

	Liberation Road : A Novel of World War II and the Red Ball Express (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I have to admit I was impressed with the erudition and the effort clearly on display in the review below.
		I normally dont write Amazon reviews, but I felt the opinion expressed prior to this should be countered.
		Robbins lays it all out, the human spirit, asd well as the machinery, of war.
	www.history-asia.com /Liberation_Road__A_Novel_of_World_War_II_and_the_Red_Ball_Express_0553801759.html (948 words)

	The Road to Victory: The Untold Story of World War II's Red Ball Express by David P. Colley (Mass Market Paperback ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		"The Red Ball Express lived on in the minds of veterans as one of the more enduring legends of World War II, in part, because it fits so well into American folklore.
		The speeding Red Ball drivers, thumbing their noses at military authority and the enemy to speed supplies to the front and to victory, symbolized American individualism and embodied the spirit of the frontiersmen and cowboys who had tamed the American continent.
		Now for the first time, and filled with thrilling firsthand accounts, here is the full story of this legendary unit: the attacks they faced from the Germans, the battles they fought with racist G.I.s, the heroism and respect they earned the hard way.
	www.bookhills.com /The-Road-to-Victory-The-Untold-Story-of-World-War-II-Red-Ball-Express-0446667684.htm (1052 words)

	DefenseLINK News: African Americans Gain Fame as World War II Red Ball Express Drivers
		All Marines are combat troops -- the Corps refused to take fls at all until 1942.
		World War II Red Ball Express driver James Rookard (right) poses with a buddy.
		Red Ball Express troops stack "jerry cans" used to transport gas to front-line units during World War II.
	www.dod.mil /news/Feb2002/n02152002_200202151.html (1046 words)

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