,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #fh  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives          
,december #d1 #bjac,mr4 ,gerlach 7for   
himself and ,mr4 ,fattah7 submitted the 
following concurrent resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on ,armed
 ,services  ,,concurrent ,,resolution   
,providing official recognition of the  
massacre of #aa ,african-,american      
soldiers of the #cccrd ,field ,artillery
 ,battalion of the ,united ,states ,army
 who had been captured in ,wereth1      
,belgium1 during the ,battle of the     
,bulge on ,december #ag1 #aidd4         
,whereas1 during the ,battle of the     
,bulge in ,belgium in ,december #aidd1  
the #cccrd ,field ,artillery ,battalion1
 an ,african-,american unit1 was among  
the units of the ,united ,states ,army  
overrun in the initial ,german attack2  
,whereas eleven soldiers from different 
batteries of the #cccrd ,field          
,artillery ,battalion escaped capture   
and tried to return to the ,american    

lines2 ,whereas the eleven soldiers were
 ,curtis ,adams of ,south ,carolina1    
,mager ,bradley of ,mississippi1 ,george
 ,davis1 ,jr4 of ,alabama1 ,thomas      
,forte of ,mississippi1 ,robert ,green  
of ,georgia1 ,james ,leatherwood of     
,mississippi1 ,nathaniel ,moss of       
,texas1 ,george ,motten of ,texas1      
,william ,pritchett of ,alabama1 ,james 
,stewart of ,west ,virginia1 and ,due   
,turner of ,arkansas2 ,whereas1 despite 
the bitter cold and snow1 the soldiers  
walked #aj miles to the town of ,wereth1
 ,belgium1 where they received shelter  
at the farmhouse of ,mathias ,langer1 a 
resident of ,wereth2 ,whereas the eleven
 soldiers were captured by a ,german    
patrol composed of ,,ss soldiers1 who1  
after dark1 marched the unarmed         
,americans to a nearby field and        
brutally massacred them2 ,whereas1 in   
#aidi1 a subcommittee of the ,committee 
on ,armed ,services of the ,senate      
conducted an investigation in connection
 with massacres and other atrocities    

committed by ,german troops during the  
,battle of the ,bulge2 ,whereas the     
report of the subcommittee identified   
#ab locations at which ,american        
,prisoners of ,war1 ,belgian civilians1 
or both were murdered during the ,battle
 of the ,bulge2 ,whereas the massacre of
 the #aa ,african-,american soldiers of 
the #cccrd ,field ,artillery ,battalion 
in ,wereth was omitted from the report1 
and the occurrence of this massacre     
remains unknown to the vast majority of 
,americans2 and ,whereas1 in #bjjd1 a   
permanent monument was dedicated in     
,wereth to the #aa ,african-,american   
soldiers of the #cccrd ,field ,artillery
 ,battalion who lost their lives in     
,wereth during the ,battle of the ,bulge
 to defeat fascism and defend freedom3  
,now1 therefore1 be it ,that ,congress--
 7#a7 officially recognizes the         
dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice
 on behalf of the ,united ,states of the
 #aa ,african-,american soldiers of the 
#cccrd ,field ,artillery ,battalion of  

the ,united ,states ,army who were      
massacred in ,wereth1 ,belgium1 during  
the ,battle of the ,bulge on ,december  
#ag1 #aidd2 and  7#b7 calls on the      
,committee on ,armed ,services of the   
,senate to correct the omission in the  
#aidi report of its subcommittee and    
appropriately recognize the sacrifice   
and massacre of the ,wereth #aa4