Jaroslav Pešán

Jaroslav Pešán (28 January 1912 – 11 August 1972) was a Czech soldier and paratrooper. He was a World War II veteran and a member of the Resistance in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

Pešán fought at the Battle of France. Later, he operated as a member of Platinum-Pewter, a military-intelligence parachute platoon, across the Nazi-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, today's Czech Republic.

One of his platoon colleagues was Jaroslav Klemeš, one of the longest-living and best-known Czechoslovak World War II veterans. His father Emil was a shoemaker and farmer by occupation. His mother Gabriela, born as Macharovská, was a homemaker. Jaroslav had seven siblings.

Honours

1950 – Decoration of Czechoslovak Partisan for guerilla activities performed against the Nazi regime