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90th Infantry Division 'Tough Ombres' May '45 357th Infantry Fallen Memorial

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Details:

Just off the rural road in a small parking area.



Monument

 

The memorial includes two plaques attached to a large stone, front and back, and an information panel.

 

The memorial remembers 10 soldiers of Company I, G and K of the 357th Infantry Regiment,  90th Tough Ombres Infantry Division who fell in a last stand battle with the enemy on May 5, 1945.

 

 

From the Division Association Website:

 

On 4 May 1945, Major General Herbert L. Earnest accepted the surrender of most of the 11th Panzer Division at Vseruby, Czechoslovakia. Colonel Charles H. Reed, commander of 2nd Cavalry Group, assisted with arranging for the 11th Panzers surrender. On 5 May, a company from the 357th Infantry Regiment was ambushed at the town of Zhuri by German officer candidates. The Germans were using U.S. vehicles captured earlier from a platoon of 2nd Squadron / 2nd Cavalry Group. Though the Germans were routed, ten U.S. soldiers were killed and ten more were wounded.

 

The memorial was renovated in 2022.

 

Photo source: Válené hroby - Ministerstvo obrany R  and https://www.hartmanicko.eu/hartmanice/fr.asp?tab=snet&id=21840

 

Monument Text:

The text on the plaques is written in Czech and English and reads:

V BOJI ZA SVOBODU
ESKOSLOVENSKA
PADLO DNE 5. 5. 1945
V TCHTO MÍSTECH
DESET VOJÁK
90. PÍ AMERICKÉ DIVIZE.
EST JEJICH PAMÁTCE.

ON MAY 5. 1945
TEN AMERICAN SOLDIERS
OF THE 90TH INFANTRY DIVISION
WERE KILLED HERE
IN THE BATTLE FOR FREEDOM
OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK PEOPLE.
GOD BLESS THEM.

Company I, 357th Infantry Regiment


S Sgt John W. Garner
Pfc Artur L. Cooperman
Pfc Raymond K. Willenborg
Pfc Jack E. Williams
Pfc Foster R. Carter
Pfc Grant W. Blair
Pvt Roy E. Morwig

Company K 357th Infantry Regiment


Pfc John Farkas
Pfc Lupe W. Rodrignez

 

Company, G, 2nd Batt- 357th Regiment

Pfc Harold Wood

 

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-90th Infantry Division Symbol-

Commemorates:

People:

Grant W. Blair

Foster R. Carter

Arthur L. Cooperman

John W. Farkas

John William Garner

Roy E. Morvig

Lupe Wallace Rodriguez

Raymond Kenneth Willenborg

Jack E. Williams

Harold Leonard  Wood

Units:

2nd Cavalry Group

357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division

3rd US Army

90th Infantry Division

Wars:

WWII

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