December 3, 2023

Major General, pilot of the 312th RAF Czechoslovak fighter squadron and honorary citizen of the city of Pilsen, Antonín Liška, passed away 25 years ago.

Major General, pilot of the 312th Czechoslovak fighter squadron and honorary citizen of the city of Pilsen, Antonín Liška, passed away 25 years ago. He was born on July 14, 1911 in Hromnice near Pilsen. He graduated from the Military Academy in Hranice and the Aviation Department of the Military…

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November 30, 2023

Happy Heavenly 99th Birthday to Glynn G. Raby, WWII veteran, liberator of Pilsen and southwest Bohemian and the honorary citizen of Rokycany

Happy Heavenly 99th Birthday to Glynn G. Raby, WWII veteran, liberator of Pilsen and southwest Bohemian and the honorary citizen of Rokycany Glynn passed away this year in June. Lest we forget!

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November 27, 2023

Happy Heavenly 99th Birthday to Lt. Virgil P. Kirkham, the last recorded American USAAF pilot killed in Europe during WWII

Happy Heavenly 99th Birthday to Lt. Virgil P. Kirkham, the last recorded American USAAF pilot killed in Europe during WWII. It was Lt. Kirkham’s 82nd mission and one that he volunteered to go on. Virgil Kirkham was born in Troutdale, Oregon, a member of the 377th Fighter Squadron, 362nd Fighter group, 9th Air…

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November 14, 2023

Happy heavenly 100th Birthday to the belgian veteran, friend and liberator Louis Gihoul

In Pilsen, Liege and Holýšov we commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of our friend, liberator, veteran and member of the 17th Rifle Battalion, Louis Gihoul. Louis Gihoul was attending the Liberation Festival Pilsen on a regular basis. Together with two other Belgian veterans Albért Gelis and Arthur Otto, he…

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November 11, 2023

Pilsen observed Veterans Day today

At 11 a.m. Pilsen observed  Veterans Day and the 105th Anniversary of the end  the First World War. The armistice of WWI was signed  in a train car in Le Francport near Compiegne. In the Czech Republic, this important day has been commemorated since 2001. This day is dedicated to the…

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October 30, 2023

Colonel and liberator of the City of Pilsen, Charles H. Noble, was born 125 years ago

Charles Henry Noble was born in Boise Barracks, Idaho, on October 30, 1898, the son of Brigadier General Charles H. Noble and Mary Palmer Noble. Charles attended grammar school through high school in Indianapolis, Indiana, and then Columbia Preparatory School in Washington, D.C., prior to entering the Military Academy at…

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