If Spike really wanted to make a good movie about the "colored troops" in WW2 he should investigate the combat engineers who made up a third of the manpower on the AlCan highway project. That was some feat, especially by the black troops as they were given the coldest (north to south-east) direction, the least equipment, and the worst shelter.

Now that would, or could be a great show. Or a re-make of the old Red Ball Express, but this time reflecting that over 60% of the drivers and loaders were black and that they had to bail-out and protect their own trucks with rifles on many occassions. The original movie had nearly NO black troops represented, but they made up the bulk of the Red Ball.

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Happy Trails,
Clint.