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Prague Two Correspondents Escape as Germans Retreat
Near the end of World War II reporters Cy Peterman and a colleague drive from Pilsen toward Prague through heavily armed German lines. They witness German troops surrendering, Russian forces entering from the west, and escape danger when a pistol misfires and a German weapon is seized in a ditch.
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Pilsen
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Cy Peterman
Philadelphia Inquirer
U.8. 2Nd Infantry Division