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Keeping all three balls in the air was particularly hard around the beginning of the race and at the water breaks, Warren said. Kapral, who placed 1,761st, and Warren each dropped six balls en route to the finish line...
...761ST TRAINED AS A PUBLIC RELATIONS GESTURE TO PLACATE THE BLACK COMMUNITY. WHAT CONVINCED GENERAL GEORGE PATTON TO FINALLY LET THESE GUYS FIGHT...
Patton was desperate for tankers. The 761st had the luxury of training for over two years and knew strengths and weaknesses of the German equipment. If it hadn't been for their extensive training, they would have been chewed up like the rest of the tank units...
...WRITE A BOOK ABOUT THE 761ST TANK BATTALION...
...connections with them on many different levels. One of the guys in the unit was a police officer with my dad. I've known him since I was 9. One of the reasons I went to UCLA was Jackie Robinson, and Jackie Robinson was the morale officer for the 761st. There are all kinds of little connections here, and they make it a very special story...