2nd Infantry Division

Thousands of Czechoslovaks joined U.S. veterans Saturday for a sun-kissed streetfest in the first celebration ever of the liberation of this beer-brewing city by American troops in World War II. Pubs were turned into imitations of Wild West saloons and youths with U.S. Army paraphernalia rode the streets on vintage Harley-Davidson motorcycles inherited from their parents. Up to 150,000 visitors are expected to descend on Pilsen, a city of 130,000, today, including President Vaclav Havel and U.S.

They have approval from Metrolink and other appropriate government agencies. But with Veterans Day approaching, the more than 80 members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9266 have raised only half the money they need for a simple flagpole and small granite memorial they would like to place at the Chatsworth Metrolink Station. The station is not scheduled to open until this fall, but Northridge-Chatsworth VFW post members had hoped the memorial could be built before Veterans Day on Nov. 11.