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Correct!. Red Ball Express was logistic tool used by General Patton during world war II. Kind of like a early application on "JIT" Just In Time Inventory, only it was military materials. <br />There were Green Ball Express, Orange Ball Express, Blue Ball Express and etc depending upon the mission . Red Ball had pripority over all other expresses because it was taking military material directly to the front lines. <br />If you saw a Red Ball Express truck, as General Patton like to say, "You got the hell out the way!" It worked. It was rumored that the express system was even applied to some captured or liberated European railroads to move Allied War Materials and Perssonnel. <br />The Red Ball Express utilized a great number of Black American drivers. Drivers that faithfully completed their duties under the most adverse conditions (General Patton was a ver mobile general) and do not receive the recognition that they deserve. <br />The closest U.S. Railroad application was the former Cotton Belt - Southern Pacific "Blue Straek" Freight Car from Memphis to California.
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