(Thanks to commenter Kaptain Amerika for bringing this to our attention.)
In 1944, the all-Black 960th Quartermaster Service Company was given a horrific task: build the Netherlands American Cemetery at Margraten. They dug graves by hand in frozen ground, burying over 20,000 bodies. The trauma was so severe, their leader, Jefferson Wiggins, didn’t speak of it for 65 years.
In 2024, memorial panels were finally installed to tell their story. In November 2025, Donald Trump ordered them to be removed.
This is the story of the 960th, the 65-year-long secret, and the present-day political fight—allegedly following a complaint from the Heritage Foundation—to erase their memory from the very cemetery they built.
This is all about Captain Bonespurs and his indifference to real war heroes –especially when they’re Black.Via The Guardian:
Relatives, local communities, politicians and historians have called for a permanent memorial to African American servicemen after it emerged that displays commemorating black soldiers had been removed.
The move has sparked shock in the Netherlands, with critics of the removal, including a community that cares for the graves, demanding answers about why the black American soldiers have all but vanished from displays.
