The Two Ton Truck and the Red-Ball Express

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Transportation of all needed supplies to the allied forces during the Second World War would not have gotten very far without the use and abuse of the American Two-Ton Truck (a.k.a. “the Deuce-and-a-half”). This is a segment from a longer History Chanel documentary concerning the General Motor’s “deuce and a half” and the “Red Ball Express” that fueled General Patton’s drive on Berlin during the closing months of the war.

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