by Steve Gibson | May 1, 2014 | Bataan Days, Directors, Slider
Leon Conner, honorary MBDO Director, was singled out for recognition at the 2013 Maywood Bataan Day in honor of his 95th birthday. Fortunately, Mr. Conner had prepared some remarks just in case he needed them for the event. Here are those remarks… We meet here...
by Steve Gibson | Apr 30, 2014 | Bataan Days, Slider, Video Gallery
[Ed. note: I just found this post sitting in a “draft” mode while cleaning up something on this website. My apologies to Capt. Simmons for the delay in posting this. Her remarks are poignant and insightful and I’m sorry I didn’t share them...
by Steve Gibson | Apr 27, 2014 | MBDO Activities, MBDO News, Slider
Statement by MBDO President Col. Richard A. McMahon, Jr. on the occasion of the 2014 Bataan Day Observance at Camp O’Donnell in the Philippines: Commander John Gilbert, Sr. Vice Commander Carl Burke, on behalf of the Maywood (IL) Bataan Day Organization and the...
by Steve Gibson | Apr 23, 2014 | Bataan Days, Slider
Col. McMahon has completed curating the photos for the 2013 Maywood Bataan Day. Please check out the Bataan Day Album under GALLERIES above, or click here.
by Steve Gibson | Apr 15, 2014 | Bataan Days, Co. B, Slider
Ed. Note: Original video below was replaced with a higher quality, higher resolution video. My apologies for the original bad video. A decade home. Certainly the time flew by. Ten years after the end of World War II, the citizens of Maywood, Illinois gathered on a...
