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Description: Army Sgt. Edward Murray, Spcs. Clint McKinley and Terrence Hicks, and Pfc. Kevin McPherson, assigned to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, in Germany, served as the color guard for an April 28 ceremony in Wereth, Belgium. The ceremony commemorated 11 black soldiers assigned to the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion during World War II who were killed by the German SS on Dec. 17, 1944, during the early stages of the Battle of the Bulge.
Title: Wereth honor guard
Credit: Wereth 11 Remembered in Ceremony (photo)
Author: Steven Hoover, U.S. Army Garrison Benelux/American Forces Press Service
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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