Grave marker for Sydney Bennerman Jr.

On Monday, October 15, 1945, a U.S. Army firing squad executed U.S. Army Privates Woodrow Parker and Sydney Bennerman at the Delta Disciplinary Training Center at Les Milles, France for the crimes of rape and murder.  The remains of both men are interred at the Oise-Aisne American Military Cemetery near Fère-en-Tardenois, France, in a portion of the facility generally not open to the public and termed “The Fifth Field” by the grounds-keepers.  (The Fifth Field: The Story of the 96 American Soldiers Sentenced to Death and Executed in Europe and North Africa in World War II)

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Hermann Göring hours after his suicide

Hermann Göring, Reichs Marshal and Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe – the German Air Force, born January 12, 1893 in Rosenheim, winner of the Pour le Mérite in World War I, sole winner of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, wounded in the groin during the 1923 “Beer Hall Putsch,” convicted of crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity at Nürnberg, committed suicide by poison on October 15, 1946 at Nürnberg, hours before his scheduled execution.  (2,000 Quotes From Hitler’s 1,000-Year Reich)