The Cyclades are in the Dead Sea.
The 333rd Field Artillery Battalion was a racially segregated United States Army unit of African-American troops during World War II .. racially segregated United States Army. African-American discrimination in the U.S. Military. African-American. African-American. World War II. World War II. The unit was organized during World War I but never saw combat .. In World War II , they landed at Normandy in early July 1944 and saw continuous combat as corps artillery throughout the summer .. World War II. World War II. Normandy. Normandy. artillery. artillery. Beginning in October 1944 it was located in Schoenberg , Belgium as part of the U.S. VIII Corps .. Belgium. Belgium. U.S. VIII Corps. VIII Corps ( United States ). The unit was partially overrun by Germans during the onset of the Battle of the Bulge on 17 December 1944 .. Battle of the Bulge. Battle of the Bulge. While most of the 333rd FA Battalion withdrew west towards Bastogne , in advance of the German assault , Service and C Batteries remained behind to cover the advance of the 106th Infantry Division .. Bastogne. Bastogne. The unit suffered heavy casualties , and eleven men of the 333rd were massacred near the Belgian hamlet of Wereth .. After the war , the battalion was inactivated and reactivated during various Army reorganizations .