17 Dec 1944

Belgium
  • 150 prisoners of war of US 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion were massacred by Waffen-SS forces at Malmédy, Belgium. Only 43 survived. ww2dbase [Battle of the Bulge | Malmédy | TH]
Photo(s) dated 17 Dec 1944
Two US Army African-American soldiers carrying the body of another American soldier near Malmédy, Belgium, circa 17 Dec 1944

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