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The Real Story Behind the Trump Administration’s Alleged Insult to Black Soldiers at a World War II Cemetery in the Netherlands
When a U.S. monuments commission removed a plaque invoking the history of segregation at a Netherlands cemetery for fallen American World War II soldiers, mainstream media outlets characterized the move as an attempt to minimize the contributions of black servicemen. CNN reported that a “display about Black soldiers in World War II” had been removed from the U.S. military cemetery, known as Margraten.
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