Dutch officials rebuke #Trump admin over removal of Black WWII vet memorials Officials in the Netherlands

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Dutch officials rebuke #Trump admin over removal of Black WWII vet memorials
Officials in the Netherlands are demanding answers from a U.S. commission after panels honoring Black vets at a World War II cemetery were taken down.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/dutch-officials-rebuke-trump-admin-removal-black-wwii-vet-memorials-rcna243064 via @msnbc

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‘Unacceptable’: Leaders demand permanent memorial for Black WWII soldiers after plaques removed

174 of the 8,200 U.S. soldiers who are buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery are Black.
Brandon Caldwell Nov 10, 2025



Netherlands, World War II, WW2, Black soldiers,
OOSTERBEEK, NETHERLANDS - SEPTEMBER 19: Roses decorate a grave during the 60th commemoration service of the allied Operation Market Garden or the Battle of Arnhem which liberated The Netherlands from the German forces at the Airborne Cemetery September 19, 2004 in Oosterbeek, The Netherlands. (Photo by Michel Porro/Getty Images)

Nearly one million African American soldiers fought in Europe during World War II. Now, plaques at a memorial site honoring the sacrifice of African American soldiers in the Netherlands have been removed at the only U.S. cemetery in the country.

According to NRC, the two panels celebrating the “Black Liberators” of the Netherlands from Nazi rule were removed from display “earlier this summer” without an exact reason given as to why.

More than 8,200 U.S. soldiers are buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten. One hundred seventy-four of those troops were African Americans. Lawmakers in the Netherlands have called for either a temporary replacement of the plaques or a permanent monument to be erected in honor of the Black soldiers who helped build the cemetery, calling their removal “indecent” and “unacceptable.”

One of the panels at the memorial site celebrated the Black soldiers’ fight on two fronts: against Germany and racism in the U.S. military. The military was desegregated in 1948.................................

[Paladin]

1. Yet another unforgivable action by this filthy, racist regime.

What excuse can the trump whores possibly offer for this unconscionable decision? I'm guessing there won't be any response at all.

[Aristus]

2. They'll just say that the troops didn't really fight.

They were just there for DEI.

That's the only arrow in their quiver. There was no DEI back then. But don't expect them to know that.