Talk:Red Ball Express
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For offensive operations each division wouldburn about 700-750 tons a day ...
A casual reader will immediately assume that the verbburn implies fuel rather than aggregate supplies.MaxEnt15:27, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Amazing. Almost 75 percent of the Red Ballers were African-American. Yet, there is absolutely no mention of them here -- (unless I missed it; I skimmed the piece). This is ahuge omission. (Anybody remember Eddie Kendricks' "Keep on Truckin'"? "I'm the Red Ball Express of love. I'm truckin'....deeceevoice18:45, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just saw the last sentence (I think). Needs expansion.deeceevoice18:47, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Since wikipedia is becoming the default source of historical reference, it's a shame to see this topic completely glossed over in order to remain PC. Was this a military program designed to use low IQ soldiers in a productive capacity regardless of race?—Precedingunsigned comment added by24.13.158.21 (talk)00:24, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Someday someone's skin color won't matter.—Precedingunsigned comment added byJros83 (talk •contribs)00:50, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Before the 70s, black men were seen as unfit for the combat. So they couldn't be part of the fighting units. During the WW1 and WW2 majority of black enlisted men were part of logistic unit.
This article could do with a vigorous copyedit - even a rewrite.
It is full of repetition - for instance, the bit about the African American soldiers appears in the ledeand the body of the article.
But the most blatant contradiction must be '... the allies had premptively [sic] bombed the French railway system into ruins' in Para 2 of the 'History' section.
This is followed by the quote fromFor Want of a Nail..., (near the end): 'the French railroads were, to some degree, operated similarly, with loaded trains moving forward almost nose to tail.'
Which is it: 'the French railway system in ruins' or 'with loaded trains moving forward almost nose to tail.'?
RASAM (talk)13:28, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
What units made up the express? I did some preliminary searching and got no hits. Green Books next, I guess.--Georgia Army VetContribsTalk17:18, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
In the United States Air Force when an aircraft is at end of runway awaiting takeoff, if a problem arises before takeoff, a "Red Ball" is called for the specialty truck to speed there for a technician to make a repair or call of the flight.[1]67.10.205.174 (talk)23:56, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep_On_Truckin'_(song) lyrics mention Red Ball Express.Jidanni (talk)03:53, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
