60 years later, Czechs again thank liberators
US troops' role was long denied
PLZEN, Czech Republic -- George Thompson remembers jubilant Czechs greeting him and other American troops with flowers, kisses, and beer. Mirko Trubka fondly recalls how US soldiers gave him chewing gum and chocolate bars -- and taught him how to play baseball. (Full article: 875 words)
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