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2nd Infantry Division Monument - Pilsen

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Details:

In the center of the park adjacent to the road and tramway.

Monument


An inscribed granite monument about 6 feet tall.

 

The monument remembers the soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division who died while fighting for the liberation of Czechoslovakia.  The 2nd Infantry Division was part of V Corps, 3rd US Army.  On 4 May 1945, the 9th Infantry Regiment of the US 2nd Infantry Division broke through the eastern front of the Third Reich and entered occupied Czechoslovakia.

 

Monument Text:

The text on the monument is written and English and Czech and reads:

 

 

-Symbol the 2nd Infantry Division-

 


SECOND
INFANTRY
DIVISION

UNITED STATES
OF
AMERICA

FOR THOSE WHO
FOUGHT AND DIED
FOR FREEDOM
OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA
1939-45

HRDINŮM, KTEŘÍ
BOJOVALI A PADLI
ZA SVOBODU
ČESKOSLOVENSKA

1990

Commemorates:

Units:

2nd Infantry Division

3rd US Army

9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division

Wars:

WWII

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