Merklin Town Liberation Plaque - 3rd US Army
Details:
The lower of three plaques on the town war memorial.
PlaqueA brass inscribed plaque.
The plaque remembers the May 1945 liberation of the town by the US 3rd Army.
Monument Text:
The inscription on the plaque is written in Czech and reads:
PAMÁTCE OSVOBOZENÍ
MERKLÍNA 6.5.1945
3. AMERICKOU ARMÁDOU
OBANÉ MERKLÍNA
The translation:
Liberation Memorial
The Citizens of Merlin
Remember their liberation
by the US 3rd Army
On May 6, 1945
