{"id":1694,"date":"2011-01-23T16:13:45","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T21:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fitzvideo.com\/sky_surfing\/?p=1694"},"modified":"2011-01-24T10:25:46","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T15:25:46","slug":"airborne-gas-station-%e2%80%a2-bob-punch-%e2%80%a2-20-jan-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitzvideo.com\/skysurfing2\/2011\/01\/23\/airborne-gas-station-%e2%80%a2-bob-punch-%e2%80%a2-20-jan-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Airborne Gas Station \u2022 Bob Punch \u2022 20 Jan 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re old enough (and I qualify) you\u2019ll remember that in Europe during World War II there was a<\/p>\n

General George S. Patton Jr. who practically took Germany all by himself – he and his Armored Corp that is.<\/p>\n

By capturing huge amounts of territory behind the retreating Germans, Patton\u2019s tanks advanced unsafe<\/p>\n

distances ahead of their supply lines and became hard pressed for fuel and other supplies which created<\/p>\n

enormous logistical problems.<\/p>\n

Then, the \u201cRed Ball Express\u201d<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=red+ball+express&hl=fr&sourceid=gd&rlz=1Q1WDIA_enUS355US356&aq=t<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

was \u2018formed\u2019 and the \u201818 wheelers\u2019 of the time did their utmost to keep fuel arriving to Patton\u2019s tanks.<\/p>\n

I was surprised this last weekend to read the Kansas City Star article below about fuel being supplied<\/p>\n

to the very fast moving tank columns BY AIR.\u00a0 Wow, never heard of that one?\u00a0 Maybe you hadn\u2019t either?<\/p>\n

Mr. Frank Spurlock (in the photo below) wrote this article in\/for the K.C. Star and I hope you find it as<\/p>\n

interesting as I did?\u00a0 When you read the \u2018numbers\u2019 in his story, you\u2019ll be impressed.<\/p>\n

Bob<\/p>\n

p.s. I do not know who gets the photo credit.<\/p>\n

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