June 25, 2020

The recipient of this year’s General George S. Patton Scholarship of Honor awarded through Brian LaViolette Foundation is Martin Volf

On Wednesday, June 24, the award ceremony of this year’s General George S. Patton Scholarship of Honor was held at Pilsen City Hall. Martin Volf, a graduate of the Secondary Technical School of Mechanical Engineering and the Secondary Vocational School of Professor Švejcar, a member of the Pilsen – Skvrňany Volunteer Fire Brigade,…

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January 21, 2021

Today the american veteran and liberator of the Southwestern Bohemia Vernon Schmidt celebrates his 95th Birthday

Today, hero, veteran and liberator of Southwestern Bohemia, member of the 90th Infantry Division, Vernon Schmidt,  celebrates his 95th Birthday.   SIR, Happy Birthday, all the best!

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September 16, 2020

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress flies in formation with other planes over the monument Thank you, America! in Pilsen on Saturday, September 19 at about 1:10 PM

On the occasion of the NATO Days and the Days of the Air Force of the Army of the Czech Republic takin place in Ostrava the upcoming weekend, a strategic B-52 bomber will be on display again. This time, however, it appears in the company of Stratotanker KC-135 and F-16 aircrafts…

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January 18, 2021

Today, our friend and Liberation Festival Pilsen ambassador George Patton Waters celebrates his 80th birthday.

Today, our friend and Liberation Festival Pilsen ambassador George Patton Waters celebrates his 80th birthday. Dear Pat, we would like to wish you a Happy Birthday, all the best, happiness and good health.

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September 23, 2020

Today we commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Birthday of a member of the 311th Bomber Squadron of the RAF, Colonel Jaroslav Hofrichter.

Jaroslav Hofrichter was born on September 23, 1920 in Pilsen. He apprenticed as a lathe operator. From the age of fifteen he went to the Pilsen Aeroclub. At the age of eighteen, he enrolled in the “1000 Pilots to the Republic” event, which was to train reserves for the Czechoslovak Air…

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March 5, 2021

75 years since the tragic death of pilot Karel Balík

On March 5, 2021, 75 years passed since the tragic death of Karel Balík, a native of Pilsen, who died in a plane crash of a CSA aircraft initial flight on the Prague-Paris-Prague route. On March 4, 1946, Czechoslovak Airlines began flying on the Prague – Strasbourg – Paris route. One of the…

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