Two displays honoring the heroism of Black US Army soldiers who fought to liberate northern Europe from the Third Reich have been removed from an American military cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands the final resting place for roughly 8,300 US soldiers, the AP reports on more of this “anti-woke” bullshit from Pete Hegseth translating into just utterly disgraceful behavior.
One of the panels described the US policy of racial segregation in place during World War II. Which is bad enough to erase but if the stated goal is to deemphasize such history then how the hell do you justify the removal of the other one, the story of 23 year-old George H Pruitt? What’s so “DEI” about simply detailing the life and service of a Black soldier who died attempting to rescue another GI from drowning in 1945 and is buried at the cemetery? Was he some woke activist or something?
“It’s an important part of history,” said Cor Linssen, the 79 year-old son of a Black American soldier and a Dutch mother who grew up in the area, adding “They should put the panels back.”