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George, Denise.
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United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion, 333rd.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Black
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Belgium -- Wereth.
Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945.
Wereth (Belgium) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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George, Denise.
United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion, 333rd.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Black
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Belgium -- Wereth.
Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945.
Wereth (Belgium) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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The
lost
eleven
: the
forgotten
story
of
black
American
soldiers
brutally
massacred
in
World
War
II
/ Denise George and Robert Child.
by
George, Denise.
Caliber, 2017.
Call #:
940.541273 G347L
Subjects
United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion, 333rd.
World
War
, 1939-1945 -- Participation,
Black
World
War
, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Belgium -- Wereth.
Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945.
Wereth (Belgium) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781101987391 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xvi, 398 p. :
black
& white plates; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part 1: The
World
's Greatest Democracy -- A Quiet Forest -- The Berlin Olympics -- The Banning -- A Wall of Photographs -- Lebensraum -- The Baseball Pitcher from Piedmont -- The Meeting at Berchtesgaden -- Invasion! -- The Belgian Family -- The Belgian Family -- The Baker's Son and the Butcher's Apprentice... -- The Trip to Paris -- The Einsatzgruppen -- Part 2: The
World
at
War
-- The Surprise Attack -- The News at Wolfschanze -- The Date That Will Live in Infamy -- The Changing
World
-- The Christmas Eve Message -- The Louisiana Riot -- Drafted! -- The Risk -- The Army's Jim Crow -- The GI from Pontotoc County -- Christmas of '42 -- The 155mm Howitzer -- The Early Months of '43 -- The Urgent Message -- The Training Manuals -- The Baby -- Training -- The Helper -- The Visitor -- The New POW Compound -- Operation Citadel -- Disillusioned -- The Song -- Late-Night Reflections -- The Weakening Reich -- Part 3: Leaving Camp Gruber -- Training in the UK -- A Stir in Britain -- Planning an Assault -- D-Day -- An Invasion from the West -- Arriving at Utah Beach -- "Ready! Fire!" -- The Symphony Serenade -- The Plot -- The Terrifying News -- The Push out of Normandy -- Onward into Battle -- The Surrender -- Brest -- The Battle, Pierce and Deadly -- The Capture of Brest -- The Liberation of Paris -- The Bivouac -- The Young, the Old, and the Wounded -- The Reports -- The Long March to Belgium -- The City of Light -- The Plan -- Bivouacking in Belgium -- Operation Greif -- Part 4: The Battle of the Bulge -- Life at the West Wall -- The Rockets -- The Secret Revealed -- A Sleepless Night -- "Just a Phonograph" -- "Too Quiet!" -- Darkness in the Schnee Eifel -- The Attack -- "Screaming Meemies!" -- The Death Sentence -- A Long and Deadly Day -- The Breakthrough -- Massacre at the Baugnez Crossroads -- The Farmhouse -- Unexpected Hospitality -- The Arrest -- The Long Wait -- "Though l Walk Through the Valley".
Summary:
"Nearly
forgotten
by history, this is the
story
of the Wereth
Eleven
, African-American
soldiers
who fought courageously for freedom in WWII--only to be ruthlessly executed by Nazi troops during the Battle of the Bulge."
Other authors:
Child, Robert, 1963-
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Cole Harbour Public Library
Adult Black Nonfiction
940.541273 G347L
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