World War II Honoree

Albert James Adams

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Rick Adams

Relationship

Son

He was part of the 16th Armored Division that was assigned to V Corps on 6 May, and attacked through the lines of the 97th Infantry Division, with Combat Command B (CCB) making the main effort. They advanced along the Bor–Pilsen Road that same day, launching an attack on Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, designed to capture the Skoda Munitions Plant. Combat Command Reserve (CCR) advanced through Pilsen to assigned high ground east of the city. The division spent May 7 and 8 in mopping up activities and patrolling. General Patton ordered elements of the 16th Armored Division to move towards Prague, where the German commander was waiting to surrender to U.S. forces, but the troops were recalled to Pilsen per the agreement with the Soviet Union.