This Bohemian city known for its namesake beer had the thankfulness flowing all weekend long in tribute to the American forces who freed it from Nazi oppression 80 years ago.

From the Stars and Stripes archives: PFC Cory Willis inspects a series of rock quarries near Karbala, Iraq on March 30, 2003.

A decommissioned U.S. warship, originally selected for target practice during a joint military exercise, sank unexpectedly on its own Monday off the Philippines’ western coast.

The final Battle of Berlin in late April and early May 1945 reduced much of what was left of the city to rubble.

Trains came to a halt, cars pulled to the side of the road and no planes arrived or departed in the Netherlands for two minutes on Sunday as the country went silent to remember victims of war.

As France prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender to Allied forces, survivors of World War II reflect on painful memories of fear, deprivation and persecution.

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Airmen at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., push a Predator drone back to the hangar for maintenance, Sept. 15, 2009.

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Hicham Benghali takes advantage of the warm weather to hit a skate park in Darmstadt, Germany, Nov. 13, 2005.

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A soldier outside the “Nui Ba Den Post Exchange and Mail Room” checks out an issue of the Pacific Stars and Stripes that was just delivered at Black Virgin Mountain, Vietnam, 1969.

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Sgt. Christopher Merkle (left) and Sgt. Jose Rodriguez ducked doctors, hitched rides, begged for gear and even thought about stealing a humvee to return from a shock trauma center in Iraq to their their unit after sustaining injuries in a truck accident.