World War II Honoree

Curtis Adams

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Anderson County, South Carolina

Honored By

Ralph Bozorth

HE WAS A PRIVATE ASSIGNED TO BATTERY C, 333RD FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION, 10TH INFANTRY DIVISION AND WAS CAPTURED BY SS TROOPS DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE IN THE TOWN OF WERETH, BELGIUM ON DECEMBER 17, 1944. HE, ALONG WITH 10 OTHER PRISONERS HAD THEIR HELMETS AND RIFLES TAKEN AND THEY WERE FORCED TO SIT ON THE COLD AND WET GROUND UNTIL DARK AND MADE TO RUN NEARLY 800 METERS OUT OF TOWN, CHASED BY A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY THE SS SOLDIERS. THEY THEN WERE BRUTALLY MURDERED AND THEIR BODIES DUMPED IN A ROADSIDE DITCH. THIS ATROCITY IS KNOWN AS THE WERETH MASSACRE.