Civil Rights Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of David Perlman
On the morning of December 16, 1944, David Perlman was in his foxhole on the front lines in
Belgium. He and his foxhole buddy were members of the first platoon of C Company, 394th
infantry regiment, 99th Infantry Division and they had only recently taken their position.
Suddenly, at 5:30 in the morning, the ground shook and the sky lit up -- the Battle of the Bulge
had begun. When the barrage ended two hours later, he and his buddy crawled out of their
foxhole and discovered a huge unexploded...
