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Originally Posted by brndirt1
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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Hi Clint--Red Ball Express was a great movie and I wouldn't mind seeing a remake of it. Im a bit of a Jeff Chandler and Sidney Poitier fan.
Speaking of Sidney Poitier-and the Red Ball Express-h e was in it along with several other actors. One of which was a JazzMusician by the name of Tubber Johnson who played in the movie-a Dru and was nicknamed "Tappy." Another black actor I liked in the filmwas one who in the film-admitted to being a school teacher.I can'tthink of the actors name but-I found that he was likable-sameas "Tubber" and Sidney Poitier.