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Click here to visit Gladys Gessert's website which tells the story of her brother Leslie Krause. Leslie was one of the Janesville 99 (Co. A, 192nd) who never returned home from Bataan. On her site you can find more information about Leslie and read the story of how she recently received the medals he had earned, thanks to help she received from Jim Opolony and Col. Richard McMahon of the Maywood Bataan Day Organization.


SIX DECADES LATER - HONORING A HERO

June 20, 2007

- Dick Mason, The LaGrande Observer

Keith Walker was a vibrant man who walked and spoke in a zestful, heartfelt manner. Father Time caught up to him on Aug. 23, 1999, claiming the lifelong Northeast Oregon resident less than a month short of his 80th birthday.

Time, though, will never steal the recognition Walker deserves for his heroic acts of six decades ago...

To read the rest of this story, which includes details of the efforts of MBDO President Richard McMahon, please click on this link:
http://lagrandeobserver.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=10889


Thursday, June 15, 2006

War museum at train station eyed

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA, RP -- A granddaughter of a war veteran is sharing the City Government’s enthusiasm to convert the old San Fernando Train Station in Barangay Sto Niño here into a World War II museum. Indira Manaay Kane, descendant of a soldier who died in the hands of the Japanese soldiers at Camp O’Donnell Concentration Camp in Capas, Tarlac, said the train station is rich in history.

“Though it had been historically significant even before World War 2, it played a crucial role in the history of WWII because it is where the Death March ended, and where the hell trek to Capas, Tarlac started,” Kane said...

Read the rest of this article here...


Box Car Used To Transport POWs - Photo Courtesy of Ms. Indira Manaay

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