2nd Infantry Division “Thank You Boys” Liberation Monument
Details:
Adjacent to the museum parking lot.
Monument
A polished inscribed granite plaque attached to a layered stone about 5 feet tall; he symbol of the 2nd Infantry Division is etched into the plaque.
The monument remembers the 2nd Infantry Division of Pattons 3rd Army, which liberated the town in May 1945.
Monument Text:
The text is written in Czech and reads:
- Symbol of the 2nd Infantry Division-
1.5.1945
VSTOUPILA 2.PÍ DIVIZE
3. AMERICKÉ ARMÁDY
GENERÁLA G. S. PATTONA
DO ELEZNÉ RUDY.
THANK YOU BOYS
The translation is:
- Symbol of the 2nd Infantry Division-
May 1, 1945
The 2nd Infantry Division of
General Pattons 3rd Army
Entered ELEZNÉ RUDY.
THANK YOU BOYS
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
2nd Infantry Division
3rd US Army
V Corps
Wars:
WWII
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