The Lost Eleven: The Forgotten Story of Black American by Denise George

By Denise George

Nearly forgotten by means of heritage, this is often the tale of the Wereth 11, African-American infantrymen who fought courageously for freedom in WWII—only to be ruthlessly completed by way of Nazi troops throughout the conflict of the Bulge.
 
Their tale was once nearly forgotten by way of heritage. referred to now because the Wereth 11, those courageous African-American squaddies left their houses to affix the Allied attempt at the entrance traces of WWII. As individuals of the 333rd box Artillery Battalion, they supplied an important fireplace help on the Siege of Bastogne. one of the few who controlled to flee the Nazi’s devastating Ardennes Offensive, they discovered shelter within the small village of Wereth, Belgium. A farmer and supporter of the Allies took the exhausted and half-starved males into his domestic. while Nazi specialists discovered in their whereabouts, they didn't take the warriors prisoner, yet subjected them to torture and execution in a close-by field.
 
regardless of their bravery and sacrifice, those 11 squaddies have been passed over from the ultimate Congressional battle Crimes record of 1949. For seventy years, their files—marked secret—gathered airborne dirt and dust within the nationwide Archive. yet in 1994, on the web site in their execution, a memorial used to be devoted to the Wereth 11 and all African-American infantrymen who fought in Europe.
 
Drawing on firsthand interviews with kin and fellow infantrymen, The misplaced Eleven tells the total tale of those approximately forgotten infantrymen, their valor in conflict and their tragic end.

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The Lost Eleven: The Forgotten Story of Black American Soldiers Brutally Massacred in World War II

Approximately forgotten via background, this is often the tale of the Wereth 11, African-American squaddies who fought courageously for freedom in WWII—only to be ruthlessly carried out by means of Nazi troops in the course of the conflict of the Bulge.   Their tale was once virtually forgotten by means of heritage. referred to now because the Wereth 11, those courageous African-American infantrymen left their houses to affix the Allied attempt at the entrance strains of WWII.

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Forte: from Louisiana, mess sergeant Corporal Mager Bradley: from Mississippi Private First Class George Davis: from Alabama Private First Class James Leatherwood: from Mississippi Private First Class George W. Moten: from Texas Private First Class Due W. Turner: from Arkansas Private Curtis Adams: from South Carolina, medic Private Robert Green: from Georgia Private Nathanial Moss: from Texas 333rd Field Artillery Division Lieutenant Colonel Harmon S. : Charley Battery, from St. S. VIII Corps; headquarters located in Bastogne, Belgium Major General Alan W.

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The Langers have eight young children in their home, ranging in age from one to thirteen. ” “Many of our neighbors will wish for that to happen, Maria. ” As mayor of Wereth, Mathias grows more concerned with each day for his family, friends, and villagers as he watches the Germans escalate their abuse of Jews. “They are humiliating, torturing, and destroying the people in their society whom they consider ‘undesirable,’” he says. ” Mathias asks, shaking his head in disbelief. Maria gathers her young children around her, holding them tightly.

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