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Convoy of the "Red Ball Express" of which 1 truck crashed into the ditch near Normandy, D-Day + 2, June 8, 1944.

The "Red Ball Express" was an infamous truck convoy system that supplied Allied forces moving quickly through Europe from the D-Day beaches in Normandy in 1944.

Staffed primarily with African-American soldiers, the Express at its peak operated 5,958 vehicles that carried about 12,500 tons of supplies a day.
It ran for 83 days until November 16, when the port facilities at Antwerp, Belgium, were opened.