September 24, 2020

Today, hero, veteran and liberator of Southwestern Bohemia, member of Company F – 2nd Battalion, 359th Infantry regiment of the famous 90th Infantry Division, Tom Ingram, celebrates his 95th birthday.

Today, hero, veteran and liberator of Southwestern Bohemia, member of Company F – 2nd Battalion, 359th Infantry regiment of the famous 90th Infantry Division, Tom Ingram, celebrates his 95th birthday.   SIR, Happy Birthday, all the best!  

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September 23, 2020

New Patton Memorial Pilsen museum webpage!!!

Are you interested in the exhibition, which was opened on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy? Are you interested in news, facts about the liberation of Western Bohemia? So, you are in the right place!!! The museum is open from Wednesday to Sunday, from…

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September 23, 2020

Today we commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Birthday of a member of the 311th Bomber Squadron of the RAF, Colonel Jaroslav Hofrichter.

Jaroslav Hofrichter was born on September 23, 1920 in Pilsen. He apprenticed as a lathe operator. From the age of fifteen he went to the Pilsen Aeroclub. At the age of eighteen, he enrolled in the “1000 Pilots to the Republic” event, which was to train reserves for the Czechoslovak Air…

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September 16, 2020

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress flies in formation with other planes over the monument Thank you, America! in Pilsen on Saturday, September 19 at about 1:10 PM

On the occasion of the NATO Days and the Days of the Air Force of the Army of the Czech Republic takin place in Ostrava the upcoming weekend, a strategic B-52 bomber will be on display again. This time, however, it appears in the company of Stratotanker KC-135 and F-16 aircrafts…

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June 25, 2020

The recipient of this year’s General George S. Patton Scholarship of Honor awarded through Brian LaViolette Foundation is Martin Volf

On Wednesday, June 24, the award ceremony of this year’s General George S. Patton Scholarship of Honor was held at Pilsen City Hall. Martin Volf, a graduate of the Secondary Technical School of Mechanical Engineering and the Secondary Vocational School of Professor Švejcar, a member of the Pilsen – Skvrňany Volunteer Fire Brigade,…

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May 18, 2020

The ceremony at the Thank you, America! memorial marked the end of this year´s Liberation Festival Pilsen

The laying of the wreath ceremony at the Thank you, America! on May 6, 2020 marked the end of this year´s 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Pilsen by the US Army. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, instead of the huge festivities, the City of Pilsen offered a seven-hour live broadcasting…

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