On Sunday, June 23, I visited the General at UVN in Prague, when I was alerted to his health condition by his son Thomas from the USA. It was not certain whether he would catch his father alive (he came 5 min. after I entered the room). Just before my arrival, Sister Dominika from the Prague Archbishopric left. I took perhaps the last photograph of the General, just like thelast photograph of Milan Paumer, a member of the resistance group of the Mašín brothers...The events of June 25th - among 33 news items - did not find a place...
Detailedbiographyfrom which I quote: In 1966 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of the Air Force and appointed Chief of Staff of the Fighter Bomber Aviation Regiment in Pardubice and in the autumn of 1967 he was transferred to the position of Deputy Commander of the Hradec Králové Airport. There he was also caught up in the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, where he committed a heroic act and gave the command to block the Polish Air Force landing at Hradec Kralove airport. On the approach, the Polish pilots threatened to let the planes crash into the city, so Commander Cerovsky gave permission to land at the airport at the cost of being captured by the Czech command and being shot. After a short time the Russian command cancelled this threat.
The education of children is failing, they are bombarded, like adults, with "fairy tales and goodness" almost daily on CT. They have no idea about real heroes, they lack motivating examples. A country that encourages this and does not address it will not have a "fighting" generation, but an obedient one with appropriate consequences for the life of society and its future. It all starts with upbringing, education and personal example. I recommend J. A. Bata's speech EDUCATION FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP, delivered to the Congress of Czechoslovak Teachers in Zlín on August 5, 1938. Let us not remove all obstacles for the children; they must also learn to remove them themselves. Only in this way will they grow into full-fledged citizens for the benefit of themselves and their country. The purpose of education is not to fill the mind, but to open it!
It was an honour for me in 2017, during the commemoration of the Battle of Zborov, to conduct the launch of the new book of Col. let. Ing. Zbyněk Čeřovský "Disasters of the Czechoslovak Military Air Force 1918 - 1990 Volume One",together with Col. Dr. Jaroslav Sýkora. Honour his memory and legacy! JŠ
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