Albert Verbrugghe

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Albert Verbrugghe was a cement factory worker from Belgium whose wife Madeleine, and a female passenger, Aline Van Den Eyke were shot and killed while driving to Jadotville in their Volkswagen by Indian UN troops during the Siege of Jadotville on Jan 3, 1963. A photo of him emerging distraught from his vehicle [4] was printed in world newspapers. [1][2] The reason for the shooting was never fully established. Time Magazine suggested that the soldiers were "nervous"[3]. The photo was also printed in the Book of knowledge Annual for 1964 [4]

A film by Bruce Baillie, A Hurrah For Soldiers, was dedicated to him. [5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Tshombe Offers Negotiation or Battle with U.N. to End." Charleston Gazette 5 Jan. 1963. 8 Apr. 2008 [1].
  2. ^ "Pleads With U.N. Troops" San Antonio Light 4 Jan. 1963. 8 Apr. 2008 [2]
  3. ^ "The U.N. Drives Implacably Ahead." Time Magazine 11 Jan. 1963. 8 Apr. 2008 [3].
  4. ^ "Congo." Book of Knowledge Annual. 1964. LC 40-3092 pg 67