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On Sept. 11, 2004 retired Czech Republic COL. Zdenek Tesinsky signs a lithograph during the 60th Anniversary of the Air Battle over the Ore Mountains Celebration, held to honor both the German and American Airmen killed over the skies of Kovarska, Czech Republic on September 11, 1944. During the war Colonel Tesinsky fled what was then Czechoslovakia to the United Kingdom where he was a Pilot in the British Royal Air Force. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN Christopher Walkenhorst) (Released)

On Sept. 11, 2004 retired Czech Republic COL. L. Ulehla gives a salute after laying a wreath of flowers during the 60th Anniversary of the Air Battle over the Ore Mountains Celebration, held to honor both the German and American Airmen killed over the skies of Kovarska, Czech Republic on September 11, 1944. During the war Mr. Ulehla fled what was then Czechoslovakia to the United Kingdom where he was a Pilot in the British Royal Air Force and fought in Africa. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN Christopher Walkenhorst) (Released)

U.S. Air force MASTER SGT. Jeff Gentry and AIRMAN 1ST Class Bruce Conat, both assigned to the 48th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, render salutes after laying a wreath of flowers during the 60th Anniversary of the Air Battle over the Ore Mountains Celebration, held to honor both the German and American Airmen killed over the skies of Kovarska, Czech Republic on September 11, 1944. The Celebration is being held on Sept. 11, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN Christopher Walkenhorst) (Released)

A four ship formation of U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to both the 492nd and the 494th Fighter Squadrons, 48th Fighter Wing, at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, perform a Missing Man formation fly over the village of Koverska, Czech Republic, on Sept. 11, 2004. The formation is part of the 60th Anniversary of the Air Battle over the Ore Mountains Celebration, held to honor both the German and American Airmen killed over the skies of Kovarska, Czech Republic on September 11, 1944. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN Christopher Walkenhorst) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 48th Fighter Wing members march in a parade through Bury St. Edmonds during a ceremony on Sept. 18, 2004, to pay their respects to those who lost their lives in the Battle of Britain. During World War II the German Luftwaffe began its attack against the United Kingdom on July 10, 1940, unleashing its bombers against Britain's shipping industry and conducting fighter sweeps over the southern coast of England in what would become known as the Battle of Britain. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN First Class Christopher Walkenhorst) (Released)

Official pictures of meeting of Stalin, Churchill, Harriman. These are the first official pictures released in the United States of the recent meetings of Premier I.V. Stalin, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain; and W. Averrell Harriman, representing President Roosevelt. The three men met in the middle of August, 1942, at the request of the Soviet leader, and held a series of conversations concerned with the future conduct of the war. Also present was V.M. Molotov, Peoples' Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The meetings lasted four days. Molotov, Churchill, and Harriman review Russian troops at Moscow civil airport. Note new type of jackets Russian soldiers are wearing

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, meets with WWII veterans during the Alaska-Siberia Lend Lease memorial ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Aug. 27, 2006. The memorial commemorates Russian and American aviators and support personnel that ferried more than 8,000 American-built airplanes through Great Falls Montana through Fairbanks for transfer to Russia during World War II.(DoD PHOTO by STAFF SGT. D. Myles Cullen, USAF) (Released)

World War II veteran and former Army Air Corps Lieutenant Richard Hank Sciaroni stands for a photograph with Major General Paul D. Monroe, the Adjutant General and Commander of the California National Guard, SENIOR AIRMAN Brady Baumgartner, STAFF Sergeant Tana Mullens, TSgt Mike Hartberger, SENIOR AIRMAN Florintino Baccoan, MASTER Sergeant Garson Teran, all members of the Honor Guard from the 146th Airlift Wing, and United States Representative Anna G. Esho, of the 14th Congressional District, California. Monroe, the Adjutant General and Commander of the California National Guard looks on. Rep. Eshoo was instrumental in the effort to award LT. Sciaroni the Bronze Star for his actions ...

129th Rescue Wing Command CHIEF MASTER Sergeant David Dunlap, United States Representative Anna G. Eshoo, of the 14th Congressional District, California, Major General Paul D. Monroe, the Adjutant General and Commander of the California National Guard, and Colonel Tommy Williams, Commander of the 129th Rescue Wing discuss a Bronze Star presentation ceremony taking place at Moffett Federal Airfield, California. Representative Eshoo was instrumental in the effort to award Lieutenant Sciaroni the Bronze Star for his actions during World War II. LT. Sciaronis was a navigator on a B-24 that was shot down over Germany, he led three of his fellow air crew member to safety after more than two ...

On Sept. 11, 2004 a group of re-enactors from the town of Kovarska, Czech Republic, dressed in World War Two era Military Uniforms, display a cash of weapon and equipment, during the 60th Anniversary of the Air Battle over the Ore Mountains, Celebrations held to honor both the German and American Airmen killed over the skies of Kovarska, Czech Republic on September 11, 1944. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN Christopher Walkenhorst) (Released)

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Base: Kovarska,

Country: Czech Republic (CZE)

Scene Camera Operator: AMN Christopher Walkenhorst,USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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