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U.S. GMC 2 1/2 ton vehicle (deuce-and-a-half) 
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"Sure, we got to hitch rides in trucks if we were far enough behind the lines, but only towards the rear.  All the trucks heading towards the front were full of ammo, rations, spare parts, band instruments, you name it.  'The Red Ball Express,' they called it."

PFC Joe Morelli, 16th Infantry, 1st Division.
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"Is it the M-1 rifle or the Sherman tank that will win the war for the Americans?  No, it is their verdammt trucks, thousands upon thousands of them, hauling a seemingly endless supply of ammunition, fuel and food."

Gefreiter Ernst Bauer, Grenadier Regiment 959.
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