Het originele bijschrift luidt: 'After the Nazis retreated.

Het originele bijschrift luidt: 'After the Nazis retreated. An American sergeant of the liberating force stands with relatives at the graves of the victims of another Nazi outrage - 53 men and women of the town of Robert Espagne who were lined up and shot by retreating S.S. troops. The town itself, in the heart of the Forest of Troisfontaines 25 miles southwest of Verdun, was set afire by the Nazis.'