Fuel to the Troops:

[Walt's Daughter]

Just looked through section 1. So glad you included that here. An amazing feat; getting the fuel to the vehicles to keep the armies moving. When you think of all the logistics behind an army, it's mind-boggling. Once more, an great engineering accomplishment during the war.

 

The pipeline companies were accomplishing their mission. By the spring of 1945, “The daily gasoline consumption of the (United States) Seventh Army … exceeded 600,000 gallons, and that of the French First Army only slightly less. Nevertheless, shipments of gasoline matched these expenditures and maintained adequate reserves in both armies at all times.â€