BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:The Red Ball Express BEGIN:VEVENT UID:343062026-02-14 DTSTART:20260214T180000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20260214T190000Z SUMMARY:The Red Ball Express CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Milford Museum American History Series will celebrate Black \nHistory Month with a program titled The Red Ball Express presented by\nD ante Brizill on Saturday\, February 14\, 1:00 p.m. at the Milford\nPublic Library in Milford\, Delaware. Following the D-Day invasion of\nWorld War II\, the United States Army and its allies needed a reliable\ntransport se rvice to carry the tons of supplies\, food\, and munitions\nneeded to equi p the troops who were fighting their way across Europe\nto destroy the Ger man war machine. Because aircraft was needed for\ncombat duties\, truck tr ansportation was the only option available.\nTaking its name from a 19th c entury American priority railroad service\nknown as “Red Ball\,” this new mission became known as the Red Ball\nExpress. The drivers for this op eration\, key to the Allied victory\,\nwere almost 75% African American.\n \nCaption for attached photograph: Soldiers from the 4185th\nQuartermaster Service Company (left to right)\, Pvt. Harold Hendricks\,\nStaff Sgt. Car l Haines\, Sgt. Theodore Cutright\, Pvt. Lawrence\nBuckhalter\, Pfc. Horac e Deahl\, and Pvt. David N. Hatcher\, load trucks\nwith rations bound for frontline troops September 1944 in Liege\,\nBelgium. (Photo courtesy of th e U.S. Army)\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Milford Museum American History Series will celebrate Black History Month with a program titled The Red Ball Expr ess presented by Dante Brizill on Saturday\, February 14\, 1:00 p.m. at th e Milford Public Library in Milford\, Delaware. Following the D-Day invasi on of World War II\, the United States Army and its allies needed a reliab le transport service to carry the tons of supplies\, food\, and munitions needed to equip the troops who were fighting their way across Europe to de stroy the German war machine. Because aircraft was needed for combat dutie s\, truck transportation was the only option available. Taking its name fr om a 19th century American priority railroad service known as &ldquo\;Red Ball\,&rdquo\; this new mission became known as the Red Ball Express. The drivers for this operation\, key to the Allied victory\, were almost 75% A frican American.
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\nCaption for attached photograph: Soldiers from the 4185th Quartermaster Service Company (left to right)\, Pvt. Harol d Hendricks\, Staff Sgt. Carl Haines\, Sgt. Theodore Cutright\, Pvt. Lawre nce Buckhalter\, Pfc. Horace Deahl\, and Pvt. David N. Hatcher\, load truc ks with rations bound for frontline troops September 1944 in Liege\, Belgi um. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army)

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