by Steve Gibson | Sep 17, 2013 | 192nd Postings, Co. B, Slider
Found this article online while scanning through an online database of Maywood Herald articles. This is a picture of page 3 of the Maywood Herald from July 16, 1942. It show Lt. Emmett Gibson (who is my father), recently returned from Bataan after being medically...
by Steve Gibson | Sep 5, 2013 | 192nd Postings, Slider
Camp Polk (now Fort Polk) Louisiana is one of the places the 192nd Tank Battalion received their training on tanks. Follow the link below to read about an old tank buried and now recovered on the grounds of Fort Polk. If it is an M2A4 or M3, that’s the type the...
by Steve Gibson | Jun 3, 2013 | 192nd Postings, Co. D, Slider
I was notified tonight by the grandson of J. C. Garrett, Aaron Dupuy, that we have a typo in the MBDO Bataan Day booklet. We have incorrectly identified Pvt. Al. L. Humphrey, Jr as MIA/Presumed Killed In Action. In reality, Pvt. Humphrey was not MIA. He survived the...
by Steve Gibson | May 13, 2013 | 192nd Postings, Co. B, Slider
One in a continuing series highlighting the men of the 192nd Tank Battalion. All materials are excerpted from the Proviso Bataan Commemorative Project: Front Page Capt. Donald L. Hanes was born on August 10, 1903, in Hoopeston, Illinois, to Charles K. Hanes & Opha...
by Steve Gibson | May 12, 2013 | 192nd Postings, Co. B, Slider
One in a continuing series highlighting the men of the 192nd Tank Battalion. All materials are excerpted from the Proviso Bataan Commemorative Project: Front Page Pvt. Joseph L. Wisniowski was born on March 12, 1919, in Chicago. He was the son of Frank Wisniowski...
by Steve Gibson | May 6, 2013 | 192nd Postings, Bataan Days, Co. B, Historic Video, Slider
Recently discovered footage from the Maywood Bataan Day services on September 18, 1954. Featured in this short clip is the Bataan Day Parade down 5th avenue in Maywood, with nearly 70,000 onlookers, according to Maywood Police sources. In addition, the...
