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Army
WWii

“I remember
getting a glimpse
of old General
(George S. Patton)
in Nuremberg. The
troops used to call
him ‘old blood and
guts’ – 'If you got the
blood, I got the guts'.
How important
were the truck
longer there. I followed a truck ready to cross the Rhine (River), drivers to the war
that came by to another outfit, but the Germans knocked out the effort in Europe? One armored
and the First Sergeant there said, bridge. We had to wait until our division commander said, “The
‘Stay here for the night', so we engineers built a pontoon bridge Black drivers delivered gas
did. I finally found the company across the river. Driving across, I under constant fire. I wouldn’t
the next day. We drove day and had two tanks in front of me and want their job. They delivered
night to deliver supplies. We water was running through my in the heat of battle. We were in
would use cat-eye lights at night. truck. I wasn’t sure I was going to our tanks praying for them to
You could only see about 20 feet make it across." come up.” General Patton, who
in front of you. Later, we were was always racing ahead of his

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