Author Archives: Steve Gibson
Hell Ships Memorial Presentation — Family of Pvt Alexander Gorr
From the Maywood Bataan Day event in 2008.
Maywood Bataan Day parade – September 14, 1980
Some of this video may not be available in countries other than the US due to copyright restrictions on some of the music used in the original soundtrack of this video. In the interest of historic preservation, I have decided to not edit out that music. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
Maywood Bataan Day 2010 – Featured Speaker John D. Lukacs
Maywood Bataan Day Dinner 1992 – The “Last” Bataan Day
Mabuhay Radio online article about Cmdr. Hidalgo and Maywood Bataan Day
Mabuhay Radio author Joseph G. Lariosa recaps some of the tactical events covered by Maywood Bataan Day 2011 featured speaker, Col. (Ret) Emilio Hidalgo. Nice summary of the Colonel’s remarks. http://www.mabuhayradio.com/history/tot-shocked-and-awed-japanese-allowed-general-macarthur-president-quezon-to-flee Also available at this link: http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/tot-offensive-allowed-macarthur-quezon-to-flee.html
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Pvt. Alexander Gorr – photos
Images courtesy of the Alexander Gorr family
Maywood Bataan Day 2011 – Col. Paul Hastings – Featured Speaker
Click here for video of Maywood Bataan Day speaker Col. Emilio Hidalgo Click here for video of Maywood Bataan Day speaker Captain Rebecca Simmons
Images from 1942 – The First Maywood Bataan Day
Images courtesy of Pixie Walneck, daughter of Lt. Emmett F. Gibson. Additional images from early Maywood Bataan Days
