With deep respect, I salute the Annual Bataan Day Memorial Service of the Maywood Bataan Day Organization. The event you honor will be remembered for as long as men and women read about war, and heroism.
- Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer
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Welcome from the President of the Maywood Bataan Day Organization and the Board of Directors.
This is the official website for the Maywood Bataan Day Organization. Here you will find information about the MBDO, as well as historical information about our origins and our continuing mission.
We recommend you start with the history of our organization, which you will find by clicking here. After you read that, you may want to read more about previous the men of the 192nd, as well as the photos which catalog Bataan Day ceremonies past and present.
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Col. Richard A. McMahon, Jr.
President, Maywood Bataan Day Organization
Just received word from David Aquila, son of Andrew J. Aquila, Co. B, 192md Tank Battalion, that Mr. Aquila passed away on the 28th of November, 2011, age 93. Andrew Aquila was a Death March and Hell Ship survivor. His travails on Bataan and in the custody of the Japanese Imperial Army are detailed in a great article written by his son, David. You can find that article here: 
We were recently contacted by someone attempting to get in touch with the family of Pvt. Michael Swartz (Co. B). We have the name of a hephew, Carl Swartz, who may be located in the western suburbs of Chicago, but we do not have an email or phone number. Does anyone have information on family relations for Michael Swartz?