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		George, Denise.

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		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.

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940.541273 G347L

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.

9781101987391 (hc.)

xvi, 398 p. : black & white plates; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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".

"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."

Child, Robert, 1963-

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