by Steve Gibson | Aug 7, 2013 | MBDO News, Slider
Annual Maywood Bataan Day Memorial Service Marks 71st Anniversary in 2013 MAYWOOD, IL – As they have every year since 1942, the Village of Maywood and the Maywood Bataan Day Organization will mark Maywood Bataan Day on the Second Sunday in September. This year the...
by Steve Gibson | Aug 7, 2013 | Bataan Days, Slider
Please click the links below to open or download PDF formatted copies of the official Maywood Bataan Day booklet — newly updated for 2012 – and this year’s Programme insert. Click to download Maywood Bataan Day Official Booklet Click to download 2013...
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...
