George Thompson, US veteran who helped liberate Plzeň, dies at 99

George Thompson, a US soldier who took part in the liberation of Plzeň in 1945, died on Friday at the age of 99, the West Bohemian city’s town hall announced on Saturday. Mr. Thompson, who a member of the 16th Armoured Division, began taking part in annual celebrations of the end of the war in Plzeň in 1991 and later attended whenever his health permitted.

A memorial event in his honour will take place at the Thanks, America! monument in Plzeň on Monday, local officials said.