The village of Eijsden-Margraten in the Netherlands is outraged at the removal of two displays which honored U.S. Black troops who helped liberate Europe from the Nazis. Dutch officials called it “indecent” and “unacceptable”. One display told the story of 23-year-old George H. Pruitt, a Black soldier buried at the cemetery, who died attempting to rescue a comrade from drowning in 1945. The other described the U.S. policy of racial segregation in place during World War II. The removal came after President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The American Battle Monuments Commission, the U.S. government agency responsible for maintaining memorial sites outside of the United States, removed the panels from the visitors center at the American Cemetery in Margraten last spring and replaced them with a panel featuring Leslie Loveland, a white soldier killed in Germany in 1945, who is buried at Margraten. Below, image of George H. Pruitt who was posthumously awarded the Soldier's Medal. His widow, Blanche Pruitt, received the award during an Armistice Day celebration in his hometown on November 13th 1945.

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