Albert Verbrugghe

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 [http://www.cegesoma.be/pls/opac/opac.search?lan=N&seop=2&sele=51&sepa=1&doty=&sest=&chna=&senu=139217&rqdb=1&dbnu=1] was printed in world newspapers. ["Tshombe Offers Negotiation or Battle with U.N. to End." Charleston Gazette 5 Jan. 1963. 8 Apr. 2008 [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingPage.aspx?type=nlp&
] .] [ "Pleads With U.N. Troops" San Antonio Light 4 Jan. 1963. 8 Apr. 2008 [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingPage.aspx?type=nlp&
] ] The reason for the shooting was never fully established. Time Magazine suggested that the soldiers were "nervous" ["The U.N. Drives Implacably Ahead." Time Magazine 11 Jan. 1963. 8 Apr. 2008 [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,873011-1,00.html] .] . The photo was also printed in the Book of knowledge Annual for 1964 ["Congo." Book of Knowledge Annual. 1964. LC 40-3092 pg 67]

A film by Bruce Baillie, "A Hurrah For Soldiers", was dedicated to him. [http://www.canyoncinema.com/B/Baillie.html]

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