On January 31, 1945, American prisoners of war from Stalag III-C were caught, tragically, in a firefight between German guards and Soviet troops.
Willy F. James, Jr. was one of seven African Americans to receive the Medal of Honor for service in World War II, an award delayed decades by bias and discrimination.
“How sad it is to think of the touching veneration with which thousands and thousands of people have stood gazing at these pictures. . .and to see them now in unknown hands, victims, they too, of a war that uproots and beats down everything.” -Cesare Fasola