World War II Honoree

Robert L. Green

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Thomaston, Georgia

Honored By

Ralph Bozorth

HE WAS A TECHNICIAN 5TH GRADE 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 EVENTUALLY MADE TO RUN NEARLY 800 METERS OUT OF TOWN, CHASED BY A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY THE SS SOLDIERS. THEY WERE THEN BRUTALLY MURDERED AND THEIR BODIES DUMPED IN A ROADSIDE DITCH. THIS ATROCITY IS KNOWN AS THE WERETH MASSACRE.