General Patton and V Corps Town Liberation Monument
Details:
In a small roadside park across the street from the Post Office.
Monument
An inscribed reddish-polished marble about 5 feet high; the monument includes a brass profile of General George Patton.
The monument remembers the liberation of the town of Stříbro by the V Corps, commanded by LTG Clarence Huebner, of the US 3rd Army under General George Patton.
The town was specifically liberated by the 386th Infantry Regiment, 97th Infantry Division supported by the 16thArmored Division.
V Corps consisted of the 1st, 2nd, and 97th Infantry Divisions, the 9th and 16th Armored Divisions, the 102nd Cavalry Group and a number of field artillery battalions, combat engineers, logistical support, and medical units. V Corps served in and around Czechoslovakia from early May until mid-June 1945.
Monument Text:
The text on the monument is written in Czech and English and reads:
-Engraved brass profile of George Patton-
PŘÍSLUŠNÍKŮM
V. SBORU TŘETÍ
AMERICKÉ ARMÁDY,
TEŘÍ DNE 5.KVĚTNA
1945
OSVOBODILI
MĚSTO STŘÍBRO
- Brass symbols of the 3rd Army; 16th Armored and 97th Infantry Divisions-
TO THE SERVICEMEN
OF THE Vth CORPS
OF THE THIRD
AMERICAN ARMY
WHO ON MAY 5. 1945
LIBERATED
THE TOWN OF STRIBRO
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
16th Armored Division
386th Infantry Regiment, 97th Infantry Division
3rd US Army
97th Infantry Division
V Corps
Wars:
WWII
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