Kresta posthumously awarded the DSC
World War II hero was a member of the ‘Praha 9’
By MURRAY MONTGOMERY Staff WriterIt was a beautiful day in South-Central, Texas, as I walked among the tombstones in the St. John’s Church Cemetery at Praha.I had made the 26-mile drive from my home in Hallettsville to continue my research about Anton Kresta Jr., one of the nine young men from Praha who were killed during World War II. In little over a 12-month period these…
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