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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Apr 4, 2017
Recognizes the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice on behalf of the United States of the 11 African-American soldiers of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army who were massacred in Wereth, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge on December 17, 1944.
Calls on the Senate Armed Services Committee to correct the omission of such massacre in the 1949 report of its subcommittee and appropriately recognize the Wereth 11.
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Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] · R–WV
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Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H8362)
Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H8362)
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H8362)
Committee on Armed Services discharged.
Committee on Armed Services discharged.
Mr. Scott, Austin asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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