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The frozen ground trapped eleven soldiers - did relief reach them?

The frozen ground trapped eleven soldiers - did relief reach them?

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Eleven Black American soldiers find refuge in a Belgian hamlet during the Battle of the Bulge, but divided loyalties in the village put their lives at risk.

The frozen ground trapped eleven soldiers - did relief reach them?

This episode explores the harrowing experience of eleven soldiers from a segregated unit during World War II's Battle of the Bulge. It delves into the circumstances that led them to a small Belgian hamlet and the complex loyalties within the village that shaped their fate.

Person: Eleven soldiers from the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion
Date: December 17, 1944
Location: Wereth, Belgium
Event: Battle of the Bulge
Status: Prisoners of War

- The 333rd Field Artillery Battalion was a segregated unit of Black enlisted men under white officers, reactivated in 1942.
- By October 1944, the battalion was positioned in the Ardennes, near Schönberg and St. Vith in eastern Belgium.
- On December 16, 1944, the German offensive began, causing the 333rd's position to collapse rapidly.
- Eleven men became separated from their unit amidst the chaos and brutal weather, moving west towards Wereth.
- A farmer in Wereth, Mathias Langer, offered shelter to the exhausted soldiers, despite the village's divided loyalties.

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