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BYMiguel Ortiz

Jun 22, 2021


This convoy system staffed mostly by African Americans kept the invasion of Europe rolling

The night is dark and cold in the French countryside. The sky is moonless and your headlights are dimmed to hide you from enemy planes. You’ve never driven this route before, but the troops at the front desperately need the supplies you’re carryin…

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BYMiguel Ortiz

Jun 22, 2021

BYCoffee Or Die

Feb 28, 2021


The Red Ball Express: How African American truck drivers supplied Patton’s 3rd army in World War II

Six weeks after more than a million American, British, and Canadian troops invaded Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, Lt….

red ball express

BYCoffee Or Die

Feb 28, 2021

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