[wbill]

Thanks for the definition....exactly what I was looking for. Also, thanks very much for your service.

And, as for the Jessica Lynch affair, it just goes to my point that the theater of war is a dangerous place to be. One of the guys I went to school with was killed in the first Gulf War when a SCUD hit his barracks...it was in Bahrain (maybe Saudi? not sure) a really good ways from the "front line".

That's why I never, ever trivialize the contributions a soldier makes to a war effort. And, why Burn's piece on our black soldiers was a little frustrating to me. Ordinance isn't going unload itself...someone had to do it!

[colorado tanker]

I hope Burns tells the story of the Red Ball Express, which chronologically would come tonight.

The problem was, as usual, Monty was lagging behind while Patton was racing toward Germany. So, we hadn't taken the big Belgian or Dutch ports, which meant we were still hauling most of our supplies from Normandy.

So the Red Ball Express was a network of roads, petroleum points, maintenance shops and other support, that kept a continuous flow of 2 1/2 ton trucks carrying badly needed supplies up to the front 24/7, and back again. A good many of the troops manning the Express were African-American and they did a splendid job.

[colorado tanker]

BTW, thanks for remembering the contribution of the support troops. There’s an old saying, “professionals talk logistics, amateurs talk tactics.” There’s some truth to that!