by Steve Gibson | Oct 4, 2014 | 192nd Postings, Photo Gallery, Slider
As we prepare to move our archives to the prestigious Pritzker Military Museum and Library in Chicago, we have had a chance to rediscover some real treasures. And here is one of them! Beautiful full color photos from Bataan Day 1961. It’s a lovely sunny late...
by Steve Gibson | Sep 18, 2014 | 192nd Postings, Slider
[Ed. Note: Corrected the original locations of the cannon after receiving additional information from MBDO Board Director Micheal Dravo and — the man responsible for creating Veterans Memorial Park in Maywood and the one who wrangled all these memorials to...
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 | Aug 16, 2014 | 192nd Postings, Bataan Days, Slider
Please help us REMEMBER BATAAN! The Maywood Bataan Day Organization cordially invites you to the 72nd Annual Maywood Bataan Day, Sunday September 14, 2014 at Veterans Memorial Park in Maywood, Illinois. Musical program starts at 2:30pm, Memorial Service begins at 3pm....
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...
