[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 141 (Monday, September 19, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S5888]
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 SENATE RESOLUTION 571--PROVIDING OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF THE MASSACRE 
OF 11 AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOLDIERS OF THE 333RD FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION 
 OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY WHO HAD BEEN CAPTURED NEAR WERETH, BELGIUM, 
          DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE ON DECEMBER 17, 1944

  Mr. MANCHIN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Relations:

                              S. Res. 571

       Whereas, during the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium in 
     December 1944, elements of the 333rd Field Artillery 
     Battalion, an African-American unit, were among the units of 
     the United States Army overrun in the initial German attack;
       Whereas 11 soldiers from different batteries of the 333rd 
     Field Artillery Battalion attempted to escape capture and 
     return to the lines of the United States;
       Whereas the 11 soldiers were Curtis Adams of South 
     Carolina, Mager Bradley of Mississippi, George Davis, Jr. of 
     Alabama, Thomas Forte of Mississippi, Robert Green of 
     Georgia, James Leatherwood of Mississippi, Nathaniel Moss of 
     Texas, George Motten of Texas, William Pritchett of Alabama, 
     James Stewart of West Virginia, and Due Turner of Arkansas;
       Whereas the 11 soldiers were captured by a German patrol 
     composed of SS soldiers, who, after dark, marched the unarmed 
     soldiers to a nearby field and massacred them;
       Whereas the massacre of the 11 African-American soldiers of 
     the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion in Wereth remains unknown 
     to the vast majority of the people of the United States; and
       Whereas, in 2004, a permanent monument was dedicated in 
     Wereth to the 11 African-American soldiers of the 333rd Field 
     Artillery Battalion who lost their lives in Wereth during the 
     Battle of the Bulge in an effort to defeat fascism and defend 
     freedom: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate officially recognizes the 
     dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice on behalf of the 
     United States of the 11 African-American soldiers of the 
     333rd Field Artillery Battalion of the United States Army who 
     were massacred in Wereth, Belgium, during the Battle of the 
     Bulge on December 17, 1944.

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