The Malmedy Massacre

Here is the field in the small town of Malmedy where 150 captured American soldiers were gunned down by Joachim Piper's Rear Guard because they could not be bothered with prisoners. 70 escaped as the shooting began, but news of the 80 others who did not electrified the soldiers all along the line of the bulge. A beautiful memorial to the soldiers is in the town square across the street from the field; there is a stone wall that contains all their names. The memorial is not next to or in the field because the Belgian who owned the property was a collaborator and they did not want dishonor the fallen.