by Steve Gibson | Oct 26, 2015 | 192nd Postings, Co. B, Photo Gallery, Slider
A recently discovered photo, showing family members of the men of the 192nd praying at the First Methodist Church in Maywood. This photo, showing evidence of corrections made before publication, was printed on January 10, 1945. This was only days before the Chicago...
by Steve Gibson | Aug 10, 2015 | 192nd Postings, Co. B, Deceased, Roll of Honor
The Maywood Bataan Day Organization joins with the friends and family of Herbert C. “Bud” Kirchhoff, Jr. in mourning his passing on June 10, 2015. Herbert was a member of Co. B of the 192nd Tank Battalion and was a resident of Maywood. He survived the...
by Steve Gibson | Aug 5, 2015 | Co. B, Slider
In August of 1945, at the age of 25, Pvt. Lester Tennenberg had been a prisoner of the Japanese for more than 3 years. From 9 miles away, Lester watched the skies light up over Nagasaki, Japan from the explosion of an atomic bomb. 70 years later, he sums up the...
by Steve Gibson | Jul 29, 2015 | 192nd Postings, Co. B, Slider
MBDO President, Col. Richard McMahon, Jr., recently took on the task of assisting the family of one of the fallen heroes of Co. B of the 192nd Tank Battalion. Sgt. Lawrence J. Jordan fought in the first tank battles on Bataan and later would be taken prisoner by the...
by Steve Gibson | May 19, 2015 | 192nd Postings, Co. B, MBDO News, Photo Gallery, Slider
I just purchased this photo from a dealer on eBay in Mexico City, Mexico. It’s a photo of Maywood residents gather around a radio in a pharmacy some time in early February, 1945. They are anxiously waiting for any details on the prison camp raid carried out a...
by Steve Gibson | Apr 25, 2015 | 192nd Postings, Co. B, Slider
2nd Lt. Ben Morin fought the first US tank battle of WWII and was thought KIA for a time. He ended up as a POW and survived WWII to return home and make good on a promise he made to become a priest if he survived the war. He served as a priest for 68 years. We...
