Kia-Mia project "Battle of the Bulge" 1944-1945

06/06/2026

Today June 6, 2026 it's 82 years ago that in Nornandie, France, started the liberation of West an Northern Europe.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lest we Forget ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

14/05/2026

Still updating all pages, checking NARA, AAD, HONOR field, HONOR state, ENLISTMENT, BURIAL and MEMORIAL/MONUMENT -mia-project.be website.
3.400 pages to go before I will add ca. 2.500 new pages...

08/05/2026

04/05/2026

Duth remembrance day May 4th

We remember all Dutch victims of war – civilians and military personnel – who have died in armed conflict or peace missions in the Kingdom of the Netherlands or further afield since the start of the Second World War.

21/12/2025

the 80th AAA Bn of 82nd Airborne Division in La Gleize area.

18/12/2025

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lest we Forget ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

20/11/2025

🇺🇲 Just edit the 5,100th casualty @ kia-mia-project.be of the "Battle of the Bulge".
This time I honor 1 Lt Charles K Qualls, Company HQ/2, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division.
He was Killed in Action, 26 December 1944 in the area of Trois-Ponts, Belgium.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lest We Forget ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
https://www.kia-mia-project.be/charles-k-qualls/

16/11/2025

Remembering the sacrifices of "Wereth 11" Belgum, December 17, 1944
Shure they are also our liberators in WW II
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lest We Forget ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

14/11/2025

The U.S., specifically the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), has recently removed two memorial panels dedicated to Black World War II soldiers from the visitors’ center at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg.

These panels, which honored African American soldiers who served and died during World War II, were installed in mid-2024 after advocacy efforts but were reportedly taken down earlier in the summer of 2025 without notification to local officials in the Limburg province.

One panel highlighted the story of George H. Pruitt, a Black American soldier buried at Margraten. Another panel more broadly addressed racial segregation and the significance of Black service members’ efforts in Europe.

The ABMC stated that panels are on rotation due to space limits, claiming that the removal was part of a routine display update, and that the Pruitt panel “is not out of rotation.” However, critics—including the Black Liberators initiative and local officials—contend there is no explanation for why the panel on segregation was removed, calling the lack of transparency troubling.

Local Dutch officials and community members in Limburg were not warned in advance and have voiced concern, demanding that U.S. authorities restore or permanently commemorate the Black soldiers’ contributions.