Memorial project seeks to honor Basque Veterans of U.S. Armed Forces

Memorial project seeks to honor Basque Veterans of U.S. Armed Forces

(Fighting Basques Project / Website screenshot )More than 2,000 veterans of Basque heritage fought in the U.S. armed forces in World War II. After a decade of research, some historians are working to build a memorial, on American soil, recognizing their sacrifice.Since 2015, volunteers and researchers from the Fighting Basques Project at the Sancho de Beurko Association have been poring over military ledgers across the country to find veterans o…