by Steve Gibson | Apr 25, 2015 | 192nd Postings, Co. B, Slider
“If Mr. Abe comes here I would like him to say, ‘I bring with me an apology from the industrial giants that enslaved American POWs.’ He could say that very easily …” – Lester Tenney, Co. B, 192nd Tank Battalion, former Japanese POW...
by Steve Gibson | Sep 14, 2014 | 192nd Postings, Co. B, Historic Audio, Slider
“2nd Lt. Ben R. Morin” is how the interview starts. From there, the 94 years-young, retired Jesuit priest and hero of the first tank battle of World War II fills us in on some of the details of his fight with the Japanese on Luzon, as well as his time as a...
by Steve Gibson | Jun 1, 2014 | 192nd Postings, Co. B, Slider
Scans from the Chicago Daily News, August 31, 1945.
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...
by Steve Gibson | Dec 11, 2013 | Co. B, Slider
Co. B’s own Lester Tennenburg, also known as Lester Tenney, is part of a group of Bataan veterans who attended a recent screening of documentarian Jan Thompson’s new project “Never The Same”. Recently, Jan had a showing in Los Angeles, which...
by Steve Gibson | Oct 23, 2013 | Co. B, Slider
Just received the following note from Nancy Martin, daughter of PVT William Hauser, Co. B, who passed away in 1983. I am a volunteer with Honor Flight Chicago. We are looking for any WWII vets that have not had the opportunity to take the Honor Flight to Washington DC...
