By Lauren Fruen For Dailymail.com
Published: 14:45 BST, 14 April 2019 | Updated: 14:48 BST, 14 April 2019
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An Italian village has commemorated eight US servicemen shot and killed during the Second World War on the 75th anniversary of their deaths.
The prisoners of war had been on the run for more than two months before they were shot overlooking Montebuono.
Now the residents of that area have come together to honor the men and unveil a new plaque.
ABC News reports how more than 20 cars took around 80 people, including NATO representatives from the U.S., U.K. and Canada to the event Saturday.
A local band played the national anthem of both the United States and Italy and wreaths were laid.
The eight US servicemen had escaped after their unmarked German prisoner of war train had been bombed by U.S. B-52s in January 1944.
More than 1,000 allied forces were on the train as it crossed the Allerona Bridge in central Italy and was hit. Between 200 to 600 are thought to have died.
As hundreds more were taken to hospital there were also a large number of POWs that escaped, including the men eventually killed.