,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ii  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of
 ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #bg1   
#bjag,mr4 ,manchin 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,cotton7 submitted the following       
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,armed ,services          
,,resolution  ,recognizing the #aa      
,african-,american soldiers of the      
#cccrd ,field ,artillery ,battalion who 
were massacred in ,wereth1 ,belgium1    
during the ,battle of the ,bulge in     
,december #aidd4  ,whereas1 in ,december
 #aidd1 during the ,battle of the ,bulge
 in ,belgium1 soldiers of the #cccrd    
,field ,artillery ,battalion1 an        
,african-,american unit of the ,army1   
were operating in support of the #ajfth 
,infantry ,division when the #ajfth     
,infantry ,division and the soldiers    
from the #cccrd ,field ,artillery       
,battalion were overrun2 ,whereas1      
months after the ,battle of the ,bulge1 
the frozen bodies of #aa soldiers from  
the #cccrd ,field ,artillery ,battalion 

were found near the ,belgian hamlet of  
,wereth2 ,whereas the bodies of the #aa 
soldiers were-- 7#a7 identified as      
,james ,stewart of ,west ,virginia1 ,due
 ,turner of ,arkansas1 ,curtis ,adams of
 ,south ,carolina1 ,mager ,bradley of   
,mississippi1 ,george ,davis1 ,jr41 of  
,alabama1 ,thomas ,forte of             
,mississippi1 ,robert ,green of         
,georgia1 ,james ,leatherwood of        
,mississippi1 ,nathaniel ,moss of       
,texas1 ,george ,motten of ,texas1 and  
,william ,pritchett of ,alabama2  7#b7  
examined by ,army ,medical ,corps       
officials2 and  7#c7 found to have been 
stabbed1 shot1 and struck by blunt      
force2  ,whereas the massacre of the #aa
 ,african-,american soldiers of the     
#cccrd ,field ,artillery ,battalion in  
,wereth remains unknown to the vast     
majority of the people of the ,united   
,states2 ,whereas1 in #bjjd1 a permanent
 monument in ,wereth was dedicated to   
the #aa ,african-,american soldiers of  
the #cccrd ,field ,artillery ,battalion 

who lost their lives in ,wereth during  
the ,battle of the ,bulge in the effort 
to defeat fascism and defend freedom2   
and ,whereas the #aa patriots have      
become known as the ,wereth #aa3 ,now1  
therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate1 on  
behalf of the ,united ,states1          
recognizes the dedicated service and    
ultimate sacrifice of the #aa           
,african-,american soldiers of the      
#cccrd ,field ,artillery ,battalion who 
were massacred in ,wereth1 ,belgium1    
during the ,battle of the ,bulge in     
,december #aidd4