On the side of the hotel at about eye level.

A large brass inscribed plaque describing V Corps (Third Army) operations in the Czech Republic along with a map of their advance.

The plaque tells the story of the V Corps (US Third Army) advance into Czechoslovakia in April/May 1945.

V Corps Organization: Lt Gen Clarence Huebner, Commanding

In addition to the Corps Headquarters, 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.

A marker at the town Spa marks the actual location of the farthest advance.

The text is written in Czech and English and reads:

DNE 8. KVĚTNA 1945 PŘIJELA DO TĚCHTO MÍST

MISE AMERICKÉ ARMÁDY POD VEDENÍM PPLK. PRATTA Z VELITELSTVÍ V. SBORU 3. ARMÁDY,

DOPROVÁZENA KAVALERISTY 23. JEZDECKÉ PRŮZKUMNÉ ESKADRONY 16. OBRNĚNÉ DIVIZE.

VE SNAZE PŘISPĚT K UKONČENÍ KRVEPROLITÍ DRUHÉ SVĚTOVÉ VÁLKY TITO AMERIČTÍ VOJÁCI

PRONIKLI 300 KILOMETRŮ ZA NEPŘÁTELSKÉ LINIE, NEJDÁLE NA VÝCHOD ZE VŠECH VOJÁKŮ

V. SBORU.

ON 8 MAY 1945, V CORPS, 3RD ARMY UNDER THE COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL PRATT CAME TO THIS TOWN. THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY 23RD CAVALRY RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON OF THE 16TH ARMORED DIVISION. THESE AMERICAN SOLDIERS PENETRATED 300 KILOMETERS BEHIND ENEMY LINES IN PURSUIT OF ENDING THE CARNAGE OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR. IT WAS THE EASTERN MOST FORWARD PENETRATION OF THE ENTIRE TROOPS OF 

THE V CORPS.

-Map of V Corps Advance-

-Symbols of the V Corps and 16th Armored Division 

at the top of the plaque-