Catastrophic Success and the Red Ball Express
Schedule
Tue Jan 28 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
201 W Washington St, Tonganoxie, KS, United States, Kansas 66086 | Tonganoxie, KS
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Everyone is invited to our free Tonganoxie Community Historical Society 4th Tuesday MeetingTopic: “Catastrophic Success and the Red Ball Express.”
The TCHS will welcome our speaker Dr. Chris Carey who is a military historian, writer, and director with the Army University Press. This program is based upon his documentary film, “France ’44: The Red Ball Express.” His presentation will focus on the famous truck convoy system that supplied Allied forces after the D-Day invasion in 1944. The convoy was staffed primarily by African-American soldiers. At the peak of its operations, the Express operated almost 6,000 vehicles that carried 12,500 tons of supplies daily for 83 days.
The meeting begins at 7 with a brief business meeting followed by the historical program.
Refreshments will be served after the program.
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