When I asked the American Battle Monuments Commission, which oversees the cemetery, they told me that the review found that "portions of the panels were outside the scope of ABMC’s commemorative mission. There was no external consultation or direction regarding its removal.”

The display highlighted the 960th Quartermaster Service Company, an all-Black division that buried US soldiers during the war. It described how Black service members faced “the horrors of war" even though mostly were limited to combat roles.