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Sgt. Xavier Lewis, a wheeled vehicle mechanic assigned to Headquarters Support Company, 46th Aviation Support Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, recreates a historic photo of a Red Ball truck driver who conducted vehicle maintenance on the Red Ball Express highway during World War II. The Red Ball Express was a truck convoy system made predominantly of Black drivers from the Army Quartermaster Corps who served as the supply route of Patton’s Third Army. The men carried critical supplies inland from St. Lô, France, to 28 American divisions that had broken through the beaches of Normandy and were racing across Western Europe in pursuit of retreating German forces.
(U.S. Army graphic illustration by Staff Sgt. ShaTyra Reed, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade)
| Date Taken: | 01.19.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 01.31.2022 20:22 |
| Photo ID: | 7016173 |
| VIRIN: | 220119-A-OT530-0002 |
| Resolution: | 1080x1920 |
| Size: | 301.89 KB |
| Location: | JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASHINGTON, US |
| Web Views: | 142 |
| Downloads: | 17 |
This work, Black History Month 2022: Recreating History in Color [Image 7 of 7], by SSG ShaTyra Reed-Cox, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.
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