The liberators of Pilsen: the U.S. 16th Armored Division in World War II Czechoslovakia
"Formed in July 1943 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, the 16th Armored Division was the last U.S. armored division to be activated in World War II, the last deployed to the European Theater and last to see combat. In its first and only combat operation, the 16th liberated the city of Pilsen, forever...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Formed in July 1943 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, the 16th Armored Division was the last U.S. armored division to be activated in World War II, the last deployed to the European Theater and last to see combat. In its first and only combat operation, the 16th liberated the city of Pilsen, forever endearing itself to the Czech people"... |
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| adam_text | THE LIBERATORS OF PILSEN
/ DICKERSON, BRYAN J.YYEAUTHOR
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TABLE OF CONTENTS / INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
FORMING THE 16TH ARMORED DIVISION
TRAINING FOR WAR
CZECHOSLOVAKIA S LONG YEARS OF NAZI OCCUPATION
SUMMER AND FALL OF 1944
DEPLOYED TO EUROPE
FIRST BATTLE FOR THE 23RD CAVALRY SQUADRON
THE FIRST DAYS OF MAY 1945
DAY OF DECISION
PILSEN AND PRAGUE ON THE EVE OF LIBERATION
THE LIBERATION OF PILSEN
THE LIBERATION OF PILSEN, PART 2
IKE ORDERED HALT!
THE END OF THE WAR IN EUROPE
THE PRATT MISSION
V-E DAY AND OCCUPATION DUTIES
THE 16TH ARMORED DIVISION SHUFFLE
RETURNING HOME AND DEACTIVATION
THE POSTWAR LIVES OF THE 16TH VETERANS
THE LEGACY OF THE 16TH ARMORED DIVISION
DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT.
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Index
Numbers in bold italics indicate pages with illustrations
Adams, Maj. Lewis 121
Adjusted Service Rating 162
Adkisson, Lt. Col. Raymond 30, 65-66,68-
73, 76,126,171
Alexander, Capt. Russell B. 66,75-76
Allen, Maj. Gen. Roderick 45
Anderson, Maj. Julian R 91
Antonov, Gen. Alexei 133
Anzio Invasion 49,158
Ardennes Counter-Offensive see Battle of
the Bulge
Armies (U.S.):
1st 57,64, 79, 86-87
2nd 34-35
3rd 3-4, 60,62-65,79-80,83,85-88,94-
95,100,124,129-132,147,150,155,157,
159,170,184
15th 55,170
Armored Force 12-13,28, 58,158
Armstorf (Arestodt) 69
Asch, Czechoslovakia 63
Aschaffenburg, Germany 189
Atlantic Wall 55
Atomic Bombs 163,167,170,174,177-178
Auburn University 25
Ballman, William R. 35
Baltic Sea 86,133
Bamberg, Germany 165,171
Barrett, Capt. “Shorty” 28,36
Barrs, Harley 6, 23,34,55,123,152,171
Bartley, Robert F. 68
Battalions, Armored Engineer (U.S. Army):
24th 28
53rd 28
220th 28
Battalions, Armored Field Artillery (U.S.
Army):
54th 177
412th 23
413th 24
440th 48
Battalions, Engineer Combat (U.S. Army):
1st 165,172
20th 165
122nd 62
123rd 62
124th 62
311th 65
327th 173
Battalions, Field Artillery (U.S. Army):
4th 30
14th 48
82nd 48
186th 165,174
254th 65
281st 65
331st 65
332nd 65
404th 65
911th 65
987th 31
Battalions, Other (U.S. Army):
38th Armored Infantry 49,178
83rd Reconnaissance 59
95th Chemical Mortar 65
127th Armored Ordnance 165,172
311th Medical 65
839th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic
Weapons) 65
Battalions, Tank (U.S. Army):
191st 48-49
717th 17-18,167
760th 48
787th 18,65,78
Battalions, Tank Destroyer (U.S. Army):
807th 65
820th 110
Battle of Kasserine Pass 46
Battle of the Bulge 44, 54,59, 64,80, 87,
125,127,149,158,178
Beck, Lt. Col. Thoss B. 89-91,119-120
Bednars, Benjamin 107
Benes, President Eduard 39-40, 83,132-
133,158,180
Bergen-Belsen, Germany 57
Bernstein, Maj. Jack 36
Bissonnette, Roland 122
217
218
Index
Black, Ambassador Shirley Temple 183
Bockhorte, Germany 71
Bohemia, Czechoslovakia 37-43,79, 89,
95-96, 98,128,133,137,179,182-184,187
Bor, Czechoslovakia 93,121,160
Bradley, Gen. Omar 79, 86,130-133
Braun, Eva 79
Brisack, Lt. Col. Floyd R. 93,154
Bromley, Col. Charles V. 16
Brown, 1st Lt. Bernard N. 101,105
Browne, Lt. Col. Barry D. 26
Buchenwald, Germany 57
Budweis, Czechoslovakia 38, 86,100,123,
128,130,133
Bunyachenko, Gen. Sergei 96
Burke, Lt. Edward C. 68
Caiazzo, Carmine 157
Calais, Col. C.H. 15
Camp Atterbury, Indiana 174,194
Camp Barkeley, Texas 45
Camp Bowie, Texas 48
Camp (Fort) Campbell, Kentucky 21, 25, 29
Camp Chaffee, Arkansas 12-14, 22, 24-36,
50-55,193, 209
Camp Forrest, Tennessee 62
Camp Funston, Kansas 29
Camp Gruber, Oklahoma 177
Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 168,172-173
Camp Lucky Strike, France 168
Camp (Fort) McCoy, Wisconsin 173,175
Camp Perry, Ohio 26
Camp (Fort) Polk, Louisiana 48
Camp Roberts, California 50
Camp Shanks, New York 45, 53-54
Camp Wheeler, Georgia 23
Cardwell, Capt. Arj enter B. 58
Carlson, 1st Lt. Robert H. 182
Carr, Ambassador Wilbur J. 41
Casper, 1st Lt. Gilbert 101
Cavalry (U.S.):
1st Cavalry Division 48
2nd Cavalry Group 4, 63, 79, 83, 88
2nd Cavalry Regiment 59
3rd Cavalry Regiement 59
7th Cavalry Regiment 59
14th Cavalry Regiment 58
26th Cavalry Troop 47
86th Cavalry Troop 65
102nd Cavalry Group 149
106th Cavalry Group 68-69, 76
121st Cavalry Squadron 76
Chaffee, Maj. Gen. Adna 13, 32
Chamberlain, Prime Minister Neville 38
Cheb, Czechoslovakia 37, 39, 63, 88,124,
159,184
Chotesov, Czechoslovakia 104-105,121
Church of Our Lady of Victory, Prague 37
Churchill, Prime Minister Winston 38, 85
Chylinski, 1st Sgt. Steve 182
Civilian Conservation Corps 48
Clark, Maj. Gen. Mark 46
Colorado State University 172
Companies (U.S. Army):
2nd Signal 29
86th Quartermaster 65
97th Signal 110
583rd Ambulance 94
786th Ordnance Light Maintenance 65
994th Engineer Treadway Bridge 31
998th Engineer Treadway Bridge 18, 91
Corps (U.S. Army):
II 46
II Armored 45
III 64-65,78
V 79, 85-89,100,108,124,127-131,135,
140-141,146,148-153,157,166,184
VII 170
XII 63, 79, 86, 88-89,100,124,127,135,
150,155
XXII 156-159,165,169-170
XXIII 59
XXXVI 51
Covington, Kentucky Police Dept. 31,174,
194
Cranford, Maj. J.H. 49-50
Cruise, Lt. Col. Edward E. 58
Czechoslovakia 4-5,36-43, 62, 74, 79, 81-
89, 91, 93-96,100-101,106,108,120,122,
125,129-133,136,138-139,144,149-152,
154-160,163-165,167-170,172,177,180-
183,189-190
Dachau, Germany 57
Daladier, Prime Minister Eduoard 38
Dallaire, Staff Sgt. Onits 123
Dalton, Lt. Gerard 139
Danube River 64, 66-67
David, Lt. Richard E. 68
Deane, Gen. John R. 133
Dedmon, Lt. Roy L. 66, 73, 75-77
Denny, Harold 39
Desert Training Center, California 48
Devore, Col. Gerald B. 16
Displaced Persons 61,136,147,150-155,160,
170
Divisions (Armored) (U.S. Army):
1st 7-9,13,158
2nd 3, 7-9,13,17,158
3rd 3, 9,13,17,177
4th 3-4, 9,13,16-17, 22, 24,26, 28, 86, 88,
100,124,129,161-162,165,173-174
5th 9,13
6th 9,12-13, 32
7th 3, 9, 48-49,178
8th 9,13,20,24,28-29
9th 3-4, 9, 24, 57, 87-88,100,124,131,135,
149,155,184
10th 9,12-13
11th 9,100,176
Index
219
12th 9,13, 45, 49,169,178
13th 9
14th 9,12,32,66-67
20th 9,13-14,16-17, 22-24, 26, 28-29
Divisions (Infantry) (US. Army):
1st 4, 46, 79, 87-88,100,124,131,135,149,
153,155,161-162,164-165,171-172
2nd 4, 6, 46, 83, 87-88,100,117,124-125,
129-130,135-136,149,153,155,157,161,
162,177,179,182-185,188
5th 59,86,88,100,124
8th 45
10th (Mountain) 14,170
24th 170
26th 47,83,86,100,155
28th 45
30th 164
33rd 62
71st 14,60
79th 17,162-164,168
83rd 45
84th 165
86th 18, 61-78, 89,126,171
90th 4-5, 62-63, 83, 86, 88,124
94th 157
97th 63, 87-88,100,109-110,117,124-126,
135,138,149,155,162-163,179,182,187
102nd 165
Dobriv, Czechoslovakia 126
Dollar, 1st Lt. James W. 164,179
Domazlice, Czechoslovakia 96
Dönitz, Grossadmiral Karl 139,145
Dorfen, Germany 69, 71-73, 77
Drexel University 12,169
Driscoll, Lt. Victor 75
Drobek, Maj. T.W. 16,22
Dubcek, Alexander 181
Durham, Capt. Frank 29
Earnest, Brig. Gen. Herbert 83
Eighth U.S. Army Air Force 159
Eike, Staff Sgt. Gene 1, 6, 50, 56,122,136,
152,165,171,187, 188
Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D. 57, 62-64, 85-
86,100,127,130,132-135,139
Elbe River 37,86,124,133
Elbeufren-en-Bray, France 57
Elliott, Lt. Col. Philip L. 90
Epjovice, Czechoslovakia 187,188
Erskine, Col. David G. 15, 23, 26
Farson, Staff Sgt. John J. 106
Ferguson, 1st Lt. Richard 179
Fiedler, Georg 179
Fiedlerova, Vera 6,40, 42-43, 95,107,112,
179,184
Fischerhausen, Germany 68
Fitzpatrick, Master Sgt. Joseph 110
Flossenbürg, Germany 63
Fodor, Capt. Eugene 129
Fort Belvoir, Virginia 28,177
Fort Benning, Georgia 7, 30, 48,171,176
Fort Bliss, Texas 48
Fort Bragg, North Carolina 29,167,197
Fort Dix, New Jersey 29
Fort Driant, France 59
Fort Knox, Kentucky 7,13,17, 21, 25, 27-30,
59,175
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 48,158,176,179
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 175
Fort Meade, Maryland 29
Fort Riley, Kansas 25, 29, 47, 51,175
Fort Robinson, Nebraska 39
Fort Sill, Oklahoma 24-25, 46, 48,170,176
Fort Smith, Arkansas 12, 32
Fourth Marine Brigade (U.S.) 125
Frank, Reich Minister Karl 80
Freal, Capt. Harris R. 66
Fredendall, Maj. Gen. Lloyd 46
Freising, Germany 68
Fuller, Lt. Col. William H.G. 22, 49-50,
178
Gallagher, Sgt. Jack 130
Gay, Maj. Gen. Hobart 86,158
Georgia Institute of Technology 48
German Army Units:
Army Group Center 81-83
Army Group North 83
Army Group South 83
Infantry Leib Regiment 82
Volkstrum (Home Guard) 87
Wehrkreis Prague 80, 82,153
Wehrkreis XIII 80,83
2nd Panzer Division 80, 87,158
2nd SS Panzer Division 96
4th “Der Führer” Panzer Grenadier Regi-
ment 96
6th Mountain Infantry Division 82
7th Army 80, 82-83, 87
11th Panzer Division 80, 83
13th Engineer Construction Replacement
Battalion 87
19th Infantry Regiment 82
41st Infantry Regiment 82
98th Mountain Infantry Regiment 82
404th Training Division 87
413th Training Division 87
665th Engineer Brigade 87
Gestapo 42, 95, 98,110,117
Gilbert, 1st Lt. Robert 129
Goering, Feldmarschall Hermann 39,172
Gontrum, Col. Ralph W. 13-15, 90
Gordon, Col. Richard A. 13,15, 49,169
Grafenwöhr, Germany 165
Grafton, Lt. Col. Clealon V. 13,15
Grand Hotel, Pilsen 118,126,132
Gray, Lt. Col. William V. 16
Greene, Brig. Gen. Douglass T. 12,14-15,
45,169
220
Index
Greiner, Col. Edwin C. 59, 90
Groff, Sgt. Herman 29
Group (Field Artillery) (U.S. Army): 190th
166
Haag, Germany 73-75, 77
Hahney, Lt. Col. Everett G. 90
Hamlett, Col. Barksdale, Jr. 45-47, 50-51,
90, 93,106,132,156,158,165-166,170-
171
Harmon, Lt. Gen. Ernest N. 156-158,159
Havel, President Vaclav 181,183
Hecken, Germany 71
Hendren, Lt. Col. Irving K. 50,121
USS Hermitage 54-55
Heydrich, Reich Minister Reinhard 42
Hitler, Adolf 5, 38-40, 61, 79, 83, 86, 98,
139,181
Hitlerjugend 98
Hoebeke, Maj. Arnold J. 66
Hoenfelds, Germany 170
Hoffman, Kathy 6, 31,183
Holz, Lt. Col. H.P. 13,15
Houlihan, Lt. Col. Frank 35, 51,151
Hubbard, Maj. Monte 16, 24, 49,177
Huebner, Lt. Gen. Clarence 86-88,128,
135-136,146,149,151
Hull, Secretary of State Cordell 41
Hvezdazy, Czechoslovakia 137
Ifland, Robert 111
Inn River 66, 69,71
Interrogation of Prisoners of War Team 231,
122
Irwin, Maj. Gen. S. LeRoy 86
Isar Canal 67, 69
Isar River 63-64, 66-68
Iwan, 2nd Lt. Edward S. 35
James I, King 13,15
Jung, Maj. Walter J. 164
Kaiserlautern, Germany 60
Karlsbad 37, 86-88,100,123-124,128,131,
133,135,150
Kaznejon, Czechoslovakia 156
Kennan, George F. 38, 40-42
Kephart, Capt. Stewart 139
King, Lt. Col. Richard 29
Kinzlbach, Germany 71
Kirchasch, Germany 70
Kitchener, Lt. Ray 112-113
Königgrätz, Czechoslovakia 144
Kolesar, Capt. Joseph 66,73,75
Konstantinbad, Czechoslovakia 160
Korean War 169-170,176,179
Kozolny, Czechoslovakia 102
Krejcik, Jindra 97
Krelovice, Czechoslovakia 152
Krepinsky, Dr. Kanel 97-98
Krusheski, Edward 6, 23,119,130,165,172
Kübelwagen 106
La Feuillie, France 55
Lawwill, Maj. Julius K. 68
Le Havre, France 55-56,167
Lemmons, Charles R. 31, 54, 61,117-118,
157,174,183
Lengdorf, Germany 70,75
Lewellyn, Vern 1, 6,27,189
Lewis, Lt. Col. L.F. 93,110,121
Lidice, Czechoslovakia 42
Linnell, Irving N. 41
Lippizzaner Horses 63
Loket, Czechoslovakia 168
Lübeck, Germany 86,133
Luftwaffe 39, 79-80,126,172,148
M4 Sherman tank 10,11, 21, 55,101
M5 light tank 10
M7 self-propelled gun 10, 23,24, 111, 153
M8 armored car 29-30, 72,102,108,122,
126,139,144
M8 assault gun 30, 68, 71, 76
M10 tank destroyer 10, 62, 72,198
M18 tank destroyer 10, 62, 94,198
M24 Chaffee tank 10, 29, 30, 68,70, 72, 77,
117
M26 Pershing tank 10, 93
M36 tank destroyer 10,198
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas 170
Maiz, Germany 60-61
Marienbad, Czechoslovakia 152,155
SS Marine Eagle 54
SS Marine Panther 54,56
Marshall, Gen. George C. 85
Masaryk, Foreign Minister Jan 39-41,170
Mason, Col. S.B. 87-88
Massachusetts National Guard 47
Massie, 1st Lt. Carl B. 110
Mather, Maj. Donald W. 58
McConnell, Maj. Glen 35,160
McFadden, Lt. Col. Daniel T. 164
McLain, Patrick R. 73
McLaskey, Maj. Gen. Harris M. 65, 76
McNair, Lt. Gen. Lesley J. 46
Merklin, Czechoslovak 126
Messerschmitt Me-262 104,126
Metz, France 59
Meyer-Detring, Col. Wilhelm 139-146,140,
142
Military Vehicle Club 185
Millington, Capt. Edgar 132,177
Minghi, Capt. Lawrence J. 103
Miraculous Infant of Prague 37
Montgomery, Field Marshall Bernard L. 86,
133
Mooney, Sgt. O.J. 1, 6, 25,105, 111, 153-154,
166,178-179,188
Moosinning, Germany 68-69
Index
221
Morgan, William D. 16, 25
Morrow, Sgt. George 74-75
Müller, Generalmajor Gerhard 80-81, 97,
113,116
Munich 38-39, 69, 72, 82,165
Munich Conference 38
National Guard 32, 45, 47,140,164,166,
169,185
National Redoubt 62, 64, 86
NATO 182,186
Nicolson, Tech. Sgt. John 111
Nieder-Neuching, Germany 68
Ninth U.S. Army Air Force 122
Noble, Col. Charles H., Jr. 20, 54, 57, 89-91,
102-103,105-106,110-111,113-114,116,
118-119,126,151,153,156,158,165,169-170
Normandy, France 3, 36, 44, 49, 55, 59, 80,
125,140,161,166
North Camp Polk, Louisiana 21
Norvell, Lt. Col. James E. 47-49, 57, 92,118,
175-176
Norwich University 171
Nuremburg, Germany 60-62, 66-67, 85,
89, 94,165,172
Nuremburg War Crimes Trials 165,172
Nyrany, Czechoslovakia 89
Odor, Lt. Col. Raymond W. 17
O’Dowd, Maj. Carl 66,139,141,146
Office of Strategie Services 129
Operation Cobra 46
Operation Olympic 165
Operation Overlord 44
Operation Torch 46
Oregon National Guard 185
Painter, Capt. Howard 22, 33, 55, 60,123,
171
Panzerkampfwagen III tank 72
Panzerkampfwagen V Panther tank 93
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger tank 93
Pasadena Junior College 50
Patterson, Clay 6
Patterson, Maj. John C. 47, 54, 70, 75,101-
102, 165,174
Patton, Gen. George S., Jr. 3,13, 46, 62, 80-
83, 85-87, 95-96,100,127,129-133,158,
159,164,170
Pearl Harbor Attack 8, 50
Peklo, Jaroslav 6, 42-43, 95, 99,107-108,
179,184
Pennsylvania National Guard 166
Perkins, Lt. Col. Percy H., Jr. 48-49, 57-58,
106,109-116,165,177
Pickett, Lt. Col. George B., Jr. 58, 61, 92-93,
101,109,127,129-130,132,137,176-177
Pierce, Brig. Gen. John L. 44-45, 47, 58, 89,
90, 93,106-107,120,131,156,158, 159,
168-169
Pilsen, Czechoslovakia 1, 3-4, 37, 40-43,
79-89, 93, 95-133,135-140,144-150,153-
160,168,172-173,177,179,181-189
Pilsen Airport 101-102,104,126,140
Pilsner Urquell 102
Pindar, Capt. John A. 66, 68
Plan, Czechoslovakia 122
Polish, Warrant Officer Solomon 6, 29, 54-
55,106,131,174
Prague, Czechoslovakia 4, 37-42, 80-88,
95-100,106,109,123-124,127-145,151,
153,156,179,181
Pratt, Lt. Col. Robert H. 139-146,142,173-
174
Pratt Mission 139-146
Prestice, Czechoslovakia 126
Pretzen, Czechoslovakia 68, 70
Pribram, Czechoslovakia 130,135,137
Prisoners of War 31, 61, 63,116-117,122,138,
147,148,152-155,165,173
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 40-
42, 79-81
Purnell, Lt. Col. Edward K. 16
Ray, Maj. Richard H. 16
Reed, Col. Charles H. 83
Regensburg, Germany 165
Regiments (Armored) (U.S. Army):
20th 16
80th 20
Regiments (Field Artillery) (U.S. Army):
11th 46
12th 46
15th 46
18th 46
84th 25
144th 12
195th 12,16
Regiments (Infantry) (U.S. Army):
2nd 59
8th 45
9th 157,188
16th 165
23rd 125,149,179
38th 129
301st 157
303rd 125
313th 164
314th 164
315th 164
341st 65,71
342nd 65-67
343rd 65-67
358th 5,62
Reims, France 51, 59-60,135,139,150
Remagen, Germany 57, 87
Republic Square, Pilsen 1, 97,105-107,109-
113,126,182-184,187
Revolutionary National Committee 97-98
Rezmittal, Czechoslovakia 137
222
Index
Rhine River 3, 57, 60,158,184
Robertson, Maj. Gen. Walter 157
Rodelle, Staff Sgt. Meyer 144
Roffe, Col. A. Worrell 58-59, 90,158
Rogina, Capt. Matthew H. 121
Rokycany, Czechoslovakia 106,123,188
Ronsberg, Czechoslovakia 126
Rouse, Roby 36
Rufano, Joseph, Jr. 72
St. Bartholomew s Cathedral 111, 187
St. John Neumann 37
St. Lo, France 46
St. Wolfgang, Germany 74, 77
Salerno, Italy 49,158
US AT Santa Rosa 54
Savage, Charlie 1,189
Schaeffer, Lt. Col. Charles 1, 6, 28,113-115,
165,172,188
Schaudt, Capt. Howard 30, 66,78,171
Schmidt, Capt. Vincent 74
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii 46
Schörner, Feldmarschall Ferdinand 80-83,
96-98,128,139,141-145
Schrafstetten, Germany 70
Schulten, Lt. Col. Leo E. 14,16, 91
Schulze, Maj. Hermann 164
Schwindau, Germany 75
USS Sea Pike 167
Seeley, Technical Sgt. Mickey 116
Semmelmayer, Col. Herbert W. 16,23-24,176
Siegfried Line 52
Shultz, George, Jr. 125,149
16th Armored Division Units:
Armored Field Artillery Battalions:
393rd 15-16,18, 23, 35, 90,121-123
396th 15-16,18, 23-25, 49, 57, 90-93,101,
105,110-111,118,153,166
397th 15-16,18-19, 23, 25, 49, 51, 54, 56,
90, 92,120
Armored Infantry Battalions:
18th 19, 22-23, 33-34, 49-50, 52, 55, 56,
90,121-123,150,152-156,164-165,168,
171,187
64th 18-19, 22, 55-56, 58, 60-61, 90-93,
109-112,116,118,127,130,132,136-137,
150,155
69th 18-19, 22-23, 25, 35, 58, 90, 92,119,
130,155,165
Armored Regiments:
5th 15-18,167
16th 15-16,18
Division Artillery 15,19-20, 23, 25-26,45,
47, 50, 65, 90, 93,106-107,166,170,175
Division Band 18
Division Headquarters 15,17-19, 58, 60,
89-91,106,110,129
Division Trains 15,19, 20, 26, 90, 94,126
Military Police Platoon 18-19, 26, 31, 61,
118,153
Tank Battalions:
5th 17,19, 21, 48-49, 55, 90,121,130,148
16th 17,19, 21, 90-93,101,103,109-112,
117,130,136,150,155-156
26th 17,19, 21, 90-92,119-120,137,150
Task Forces:
A 92,100,101,102,105,110,112,129
B 92,110-112,117-118,136,150
Baker 92,119-120
Beck 92,119-120
Horrocks 92,119-120
R 92
Team Casper 101-102,104
23rd Cavalry Squadron 17-19, 27, 29-31,
47, 54-56, 61, 63, 64-78, 89-82,100,102,
105,116,120-126,138-139,144,146,150,
156,165,171,173
Troop A 29, 47, 68-77, 90-91,121-123,
126,138
Troop B 29-31, 47, 66-71, 73, 75, 77, 90-
92,100-105,126,138-140,156,165,173-
174
Troop C 29, 66, 68, 71-77, 90-91,116,
120,126,153
Troop D 17-18, 29, 66, 68-69, 71-73, 76-
77, 91,126,138
Troop E 18, 29, 30, 66-68, 70-77
Company F 30, 66-68, 70-71, 74-77, 91,
138
Service Troop 29, 66-71, 91
96th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
15,18
137th Armored Ordnance Battalion 15-16,
18-19, 26-27, 35, 51, 60, 89-90,154,160,
172,186
156th Armored Signal Company 6,19, 27,
29, 55,106,131
216th Armored Engineer Battalion 15,18-
19, 27-29, 34, 35-36, 91-93,113,151,155,
165,172,188
216th Armored Medical Battalion 15-16,
18-19, 26-27, 61, 90, 92, 94,121,126,137,
155
476th Armored Infantry Regiment 15-16,
18, 22
516th Counter-Intelligence Corps Detach-
ment 19
571st Anti-aircraft Artillery Automatic
Weapons Battalion 31, 61, 90, 92,120-121
633rd Tank Destroyer Battalion 31, 61-62,
93,138,152,167
Skoda Works 37, 43, 79-80,102-103
Smith, Lt. Col. William, Jr. 6,13-14,16, 28,
136,151,165,172,178
Sosna, Carl 179,184,189
Soviet Army Units:
13th Army 156
134th Field Artillery Regiment 156
172nd Infantry Division 156
Soyen, Czechoslovakia 77
Index
223
Splacene-Porici 116-117
Speakes, Brig. Gen. Stephen 184
Stalin, Josef 85,180
Staszak, Lt. Stanley M. 70
Steece, Mark 6, 30-31, 55, 66,101,105,150,
156,165,173
Stenovice, Czechoslovakia 39, 43,126
Stod, Czechoslovakia 101,104
Stolz, Capt. Morris H. 26
Stribro, Czechoslovakia 100,153
Struber, Lt. James W. 75
Sturm, Dr. Walter 97
Sturmgeschütz III assault gun 72
Sudetenland 38-39, 99,106
Sudeten Germans 38-39, 88,147,151
Sulislav, Czechoslovakia 101,102
Surbey, Maj. Charles R, 35, 52, 56,160
Symroskí, Lt. Col. Charles A. 16, 25, 35,49,
178
T-34 tank 188
Taborsky, Edward 83-84,132-133
Tachov, Czechoslovakia 121,122-123,149,
160
Task Force Poik 71, 73, 76
Tennessee National Guard 164
Texas A M University 45
Texas National Guard 45
Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia 42
Thompson, Sgt. George 1, 6, 27, 89,160,
165,172-173,183-184,186,188
Thomsen, Hans 42
Toussaint, Gen. Rudolf 80-82, 96,131,153
Truman, President Harry S. 85,180
Twelfth U.S. Army Group 79,130
Ujejd, Czechoslovakia 136,150
University of Wisconsin 140
U.S. Army Artillery School 46,170,176
U.S. Army Cavalry School 20, 59
U.S. Army Command General Staff Col-
lege 20, 35, 48-49, 58,178
U.S. Army Ground Forces 12-12,17, 45-47,
50
U.S. Army Infantry School 30, 48,171
U.S. Army Inspector General 51
U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps
(ROTC) 12,25,48
U.S. Army Specialized Training Program
(ASTP) 25,30
U.S. Department of State 41-42, 85
U.S. Legation Prague 40-42
U.S. Military Academy 12-13, 20, 23-25, 30,
46, 48, 58-59,170,177-178
U.S. Military Mission, Moscow 133
Ustach, Stanley F. 16
V-E Day 147-150
Veltus, Czechoslovakia 137
Velvet Divorce 181
Velvet Revolution 181
Verber, Lt. Otto 139,141-144
Vildova, Miloslava 6, 39, 42-43,179,183,
187
Virginia Military Institute 24
Vlasov, Gen. Andrei 96,151
Vltava River 37, 86,130,133-134
von Majewski, Generalmajor George 80-81,
97-98,113-116,188
von Obstfelder, Gen. Hans 80
von Ribbentrop, Foreign Minister Joachim
40
von Weitersheim, Gen. Wend 83
Waidhaus, Germany 87, 89, 93-94,106,120,
122,184
Walsh, Maj. Eugene P. 14,16
Walter Reed Army Medical Center 171
Ware, Maj. Philip E. 16
Washington University 171
Wasserburg, Germany 63, 71-77
Weaver, Dale 6
Webb, Col. Thomas V. 59
Weiden, Germany 94
Weiler, Maj. John E. 49, 56-57
Weissenberger, Gen. Karl 83
Weissman, Paul 68
Welchov, Czechoslovakia 141,144,146
Welles, Acting Secretary of State Sumner
41-42
Whiting, Lt. Henry H. 72
Williams, Lt. Col. Shelby F. 89-91,121
Worthington, Lt. Col. James M. 90,131
Wurzburg, Germany 60
Yeglin, Harold 179, 287,188
Zajic, Joseph 98,112,179
Zajicova, Malvina 6, 42-43, 95, 97-98,179
Zarback, Albert 111, 116
Ziervogel, Gen. Max 81
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| spelling | Dickerson, Bryan J. Verfasser aut The liberators of Pilsen the U.S. 16th Armored Division in World War II Czechoslovakia Bryan J. Dickerson Jefferson, North Carolina McFarland & Company [2018] x, 223 Seiten Illustrationen txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index "Formed in July 1943 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, the 16th Armored Division was the last U.S. armored division to be activated in World War II, the last deployed to the European Theater and last to see combat. In its first and only combat operation, the 16th liberated the city of Pilsen, forever endearing itself to the Czech people"... United States Army Armored Division, 16th History USA Army Armored Division, 16. (DE-588)1154872300 gnd rswk-swf World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Czech Republic Plzeň World War, 1914-1918 Regimental histories United States Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 gnd rswk-swf Plzeň (Czech Republic) History, Military Pilsen (DE-588)4076145-9 gnd rswk-swf USA Army Armored Division, 16. (DE-588)1154872300 b Pilsen (DE-588)4076145-9 g Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 s DE-604 LoC Fremddatenuebernahme application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=030221026&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis Digitalisierung BSB Muenchen - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=030221026&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Literaturverzeichnis Digitalisierung BSB Muenchen - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=030221026&sequence=000004&line_number=0003&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Register // Gemischte Register |
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| title | The liberators of Pilsen the U.S. 16th Armored Division in World War II Czechoslovakia |
| title_auth | The liberators of Pilsen the U.S. 16th Armored Division in World War II Czechoslovakia |
| title_exact_search | The liberators of Pilsen the U.S. 16th Armored Division in World War II Czechoslovakia |
| title_full | The liberators of Pilsen the U.S. 16th Armored Division in World War II Czechoslovakia Bryan J. Dickerson |
| title_fullStr | The liberators of Pilsen the U.S. 16th Armored Division in World War II Czechoslovakia Bryan J. Dickerson |
| title_full_unstemmed | The liberators of Pilsen the U.S. 16th Armored Division in World War II Czechoslovakia Bryan J. Dickerson |
| title_short | The liberators of Pilsen |
| title_sort | the liberators of pilsen the u s 16th armored division in world war ii czechoslovakia |
| title_sub | the U.S. 16th Armored Division in World War II Czechoslovakia |
| topic | United States Army Armored Division, 16th History USA Army Armored Division, 16. (DE-588)1154872300 gnd World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Czech Republic Plzeň World War, 1914-1918 Regimental histories United States Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 gnd |
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