by Steve Gibson | Sep 19, 2013 | Co. B, MBDO News, Slider
Letter to Editor Details Trials of a POW Wife While going through many issues of the Maywood Herald I ran across this “Letter to the Editor” from early January, 1942. The letter writer describes the dire situation the wife of Lt. Slicer, who, at the time,...
by Steve Gibson | Sep 14, 2013 | MBDO News, Slider
From a press release courtesy of the Philippine Consul-General’s office here in Chicago, Illinois: PRESS RELEASE No. LMHL – 2013 12 September 2013 Last Sunday, Consul General Leo M. Herrera-Lim led the Filipino community as they took part in a special...
by Steve Gibson | Sep 12, 2013 | MBDO News, Slider
SUPPRESSED EMOTIONS Leticia J. Jimenez While I was watching the evening news last week, it was reported that there were twenty United States soldiers coming back from Afghanistan. They were done with their military duties after serving five years. Then they flashed...
by Steve Gibson | Sep 10, 2013 | MBDO News, Slider
Here is some video from last Sunday (September 8, 2013) at the 71st Annual Maywood Bataan Day. It covers the presentation by Manong Jaime Pesongco, a Philippine WWII veteran and guerilla. His presentation was read by his son since Jaime is recovering from a bout of...
by Steve Gibson | Sep 10, 2013 | MBDO News, Slider
Here is some video from last Sunday (September 8, 2013) at the 71st Annual Maywood Bataan Day. It covers from just before the start of the service through the warm welcome from the Philippine Consul General, Leo M. Herrera-Lim. The quality is not very good, but this...
by Steve Gibson | Sep 9, 2013 | MBDO News
After 71 years, one would think that all of the possible errors and omissions would have been wrung out of the Maywood Bataan Day Organizations booklet and programme insert. One would be wrong to think that. Every year, some old errors are discovered, and new errors...
