Bela Municipality Unveils Monument to Fallen WW2 U.S. Soldiers   Bela nad Radbuzou, West Bohemia, Sept 16, 2006 (CTK)    The local officials today unveiled a monument to two U.S. soldiers who fell while liberating the area during World War Two, which also commemorates the town´s foundation in 1121 and the birth of Czechoslovakia in 1918.     The unveiling ceremony was attended by 65 U.S. soldiers from a base in Germany and an honorary unit of the Czech military. Relatives of one of the fallen soldiers, Manz, were present as well.   The monument features a marble statue of an ancient Greek man wearing a helmet and lying on the ground, with a group of running horses passing by. The names of the fallen soldiers, Raymond Manz and Owen Sutton, remind of the operation codenamed Cowboy, that took place near Bela at the end of the war, the aim to save rare horses, mainly Lipizzans, from local stables.   Hundreds of rare horses, including the stallion of Yugoslav King Peter, the horse of Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, and the whole of the imperial riding academy of Hofburg near Vienna, famous for its Lipizzan dressage, were kept in the former military stables in Bela´s vicinity. In an effort to save the horses, the Americans liberated the stables. On their way back, however, they went through an intense shoot-out in which the SS troops killed two of them.   Apart from the U.S. soldiers´ names on its front part, the monument also features the Czech emblem, along with the date 1918, and the date 1121 on its sides. A commemorative plaque was unveiled this May in the Ruzov village (former Rosenberg) on the spot where the soldiers fell.   Cavdoc in Czech Republic, April 28, 2006.   Left: Gaylord Jerry Toole, Pilsen Military Car Club and 5th Infantry Association. A Vietnam vet living in the Czech Republic and teaching school.   Center: Our very own Patrick Biddy, who was kind enough to provide Stetson's for several of the dignitaries, hand carried all the way from North Carolina, and a US flag for the ceremony, as one could not be found. How about a big salute!     Right: Rudolf Bayer, President of the Pilsen Military Car Club.