Veteráni
A list of veterans and interviews with American and Belgian veterans who in 1945 participated in the liberation of Pilsen and other sites in western Bohemia.
Discover the atmosphere of the period through authentic eyewitness accounts. In the veterans’ database you will find their recollections, photographs, as well as several veterans’ videos and voice recordings.
| Name and surname | Inclusion | Story / Photos / Media | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Gélise | 17e bataillon de fusiliers belges | F | ||
| Alexander Deus | 2nd Infantry Division | |||
| Amos Scott Vredenburg | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Anthony E. Jannace | 2nd Infantry Division | PF | ||
| Anthony Joseph Panzica | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Antonín Liška | No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF | F | ||
| Arthur Otto | 17e bataillon de fusiliers belges | FM | ||
| Bernard Koerten | 16th Armored Division | FM | ||
| Calvin George Streza | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Calvin Streza | 16th Armored Division | |||
| Carl Garinger | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Carlo Paul Bringetto | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Charles H. Noble, Sr. | Commander, Combat Command 3, 16th Armored Division | PFM | ||
| Charles R. Lemmons | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Cliffton Howard | 97th Infantry Division | FM | ||
| Clyde Kessen | 16th Armored Division | M | ||
| Coid Gardner | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Cy Mancuso | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| David C. Lustig | Radio Operator 547th Bomb Squadron | PF | ||
| Dean B. Owen | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Donald D. Jaquish | 2nd Infantry Division | PF | ||
| Earl Ingram | L Company commander 3rd Battalion 38th Infantry Regiment 2nd Infantry Division | PFM | ||
| Earl Porter White | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Ed Mattingly | 16. obrněná divize | PF | ||
| Émile Godard | 17e bataillon de fusiliers belges | F | ||
| Emmons Miller | 16. obrněná divize | PF | ||
| Erik O. Petersen | Driver B Battery 397th Armored Field Artillery Battalion 16th Armored Division | PFM | ||
| Erland A. Tillman | 97th Infantry Division | F | ||
| Frank W. Titterington, Jr. | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Franklin W. Simon | 26th Infantry Division | FM | ||
| Fremont Gruss | 97th Infantry Division | FM | ||
| George Patton Waters | Grandson of the general George Smith Patton | PFM | ||
| George Thompson | Sgt. Mechanic, Company C/137th Armored Ordnance Battalion/16th Armored Division | PFM | ||
| Georges Rensonnet | 17e bataillon de fusiliers belges | F | ||
| Gerard J. Couture | 2nd Infantry Division | PF | ||
| Gilbert W. “Robbie” Robinson | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Glynn G. Raby | 2nd Infantry Division | PFM | ||
| Hall Duncan | 26th Infanry Division | PFM | ||
| Harold Yeglin | 97th Infantry Division | PF | ||
| Harry Lee | 26th Infantry Division | FM | ||
| Harry Mazer | Waist gunner, 602nd squadron, 8th Air Force | PF | ||
| Henry Gilbert | 97th Infantry Division | FM | ||
| Herman Geist | 2nd Infantry Division | PFM | ||
| Hubert Rauw | 17e bataillon de fusiliers belges | FM | ||
| Irving Baum | 16th Armored Division | PF | ||
| James Duncan | 2nd Infantry Division | PFM | ||
| James R. Mooneyhan | 502nd Engineers | PF | ||
| James T. Reilly | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Jan Prokop | No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF mechanic | F | ||
| John Burke | 97th Infantry Division | F | ||
| John Calvin Woodside | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| John Coath | 26th Infantry Division | FM | ||
| John Del Santo | 9th Infantry Division, 101st Airborne Division, 97th Infantry Division | PFM | ||
| John E. Greathouse | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| John L. Risner | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| John L. Sebesta | 26th Infantry Division | FM | ||
| John Leonard Pierce | Brigadier General, commander of the 16th Armored Division | PFM | ||
| John M. Brannelly | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| John McCain | 16th Armored Division | FM | ||
| John P. Cannizzo | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| John Pershing Wakefield | 2nd Infantry Division | PF | ||
| John R. Klug | 166th Combat Engineer Battalion | PF | ||
| John Shobey | 2nd Ranger Battalion | F | ||
| John Waldorf, Sr. | 16th Armored Division | |||
| José Schindfessel | 17e bataillon de fusiliers belges | FM | ||
| Josef Prokopec | Fighter pilot, No. 310 and 312 Squadron RAF | PF | ||
| Karl R. Lindquist | G Company 2nd Battalion 104th Regiment 26th Infantry Division | PFM | ||
| Leo D. Hymas | 97th Infantry Division | PF | ||
| Leroy Dunkelberger | 16. obrněná divize | PF | ||
| Lester Clear, Jr. | 97th Infantry Division | P | ||
| Lincoln Harner | 987th Field Artillery Battalion/16th Armored Division | PFM | ||
| Louis Gihoul | 17e bataillon de fusiliers belges | FM | ||
| Lucien “Dot” Ward | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Marcel Appeltants | 17e bataillon de fusiliers belges | F | ||
| Marion Kirkham | Brother of the fighter pilot 377th Fighter Squadron 9th Air Force | PFM | ||
| Michel Gilain | 17e bataillon de fusiliers belges | FM | ||
| Milton Foss | 16th Armored Division | |||
| Miroslav Štandera | 312th Czechoslovak Fighter Squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF). | PF | ||
| Nicholas Czar | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Norval R. “Dick” WILLIAMS | 80th Infantry Division | PF | ||
| Paul Gaspard Jacobs | 17e bataillon de fusiliers belges | F | ||
| Paul Vetterli | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Philip A. Hurst | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Ralph Pasola | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Raymond A. Noury | Machine gunner, 343rd Squadron 15th Air Force | PFM | ||
| Reuben Schaetzel | 701st Tank Battalion | PFM | ||
| Reverend Kenneth S. Jones | Intelligence officer/16th Armored Division | PFM | ||
| Richard J. Petranek | 593rd Medical company | PF | ||
| Richard Pieper | 97th Infantry Division | PFM | ||
| Robert A. Muthersbaugh | 16th Armored Division | PFM | ||
| Robert A. Norvell | 1st pilot, 849th Squadron 8th Air Force | PF | ||
| Robert C. Moran | 2nd Infantry Division | PF | ||
| Robert Chiarizia | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Robert Crooker | 97th Infantry Division | PFM | ||
| Robert Gilbert | 2nd Infantry Division | PF | ||
| Robert L. “Bud” Sabetay | 90th Infantry Division | F | ||
| Robert McCusker | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Samuel Roy Hodges | 2nd squad G Company 38th Regiment 2nd Infantry Division | PFM | ||
| Stephen E. Kantor | 26th Infantry Division | FM | ||
| Stephen Mason | C Company 56th Signal battalion V. Coprs | PFM | ||
| Thomas Grissop | 16th Armored Division | M | ||
| Thomas J. Kittel | 2nd Infantry Division | PF | ||
| Tom Ingram | 90th Infantry Division | PFM | ||
| Tomáš Lom | No 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF | PFM | ||
| Valère Gustin | 17e bataillon de fusiliers belges | FM | ||
| Verl Sterns | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Verne Lewellen | 137th Armored Ordnance Battalion/16th Armored Division | PFM | ||
| Vernon Schmidt | 90th Infantry Division | PFM | ||
| Vic Campbell | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| Victor Jircik | 633rd Tank Destroyer Battalion | F | ||
| Virgil L. Lucas | V Corps | PFM | ||
| Warren Chris Gerling | 97th pěší divize | PF | ||
| Willard Perry | 16th Armored Division | PF | ||
| William (Bill) Rynearson | 16th Armored Division | F | ||
| William O. Johnson | 16th Armored Division | PF | ||