by Steve Gibson | Apr 16, 2013 | MBDO Activities, Slider
[imagebrowser id=44] Relocation Photos Courtesy of Indira Manaay Kane [imagebrowser id=42] The New Site of the Boxcar [imagebrowser id=43] The Battling Bastards of Bataan Camp O’Donnell Memorial for the American military that died at the Japanese Camp...
by Steve Gibson | Apr 11, 2013 | Co. B, Slider
Lester Tenney, Death March, Hell Ship and Slave Labor survivor from CO. B, 192nd Tank Battalion, was featured on CNN a couple of days ago. Follow this link to view Sanjay Gupta’s profile:...
by Steve Gibson | Apr 10, 2013 | MBDO News, Slider
Continuing a decades-old tradition that dates to World War II, Chicago marked the 71st anniversary of the Fall of Bataan with ceremonies on Monday, April 8th. Representing the Maywood Bataan Day Organization was Vice President Edwin H. Walker, IV, who reminded the...
by Steve Gibson | Mar 21, 2013 | Bataan Related, Slider
Olympic distance runner, World War II hero and celebrated USC Alumnus Louis Zamperini spoke to a maximum capacity audience recently at USC about the power of resilience. Louis Zemperini placed 8th in the 1936 Berlin Olympics as a distance runner. Later, during WWII,...
by Steve Gibson | Mar 19, 2013 | 192nd Postings, Co. C, Roll of Honor, Slider
Received the sad news today that we have lost another member of the 192nd Tank Battalion. Silas LeGrow, Co. C, 192nd Tank Battalion, died on January 15, 2013. He was 90 years old. We join his family and friends in honoring his service and mourning the loss. To read...
by Steve Gibson | Mar 19, 2013 | Hq Co., MBDO News, Roll of Honor, Slider
Pvt Thomas Peter Motosko, the last survivor of HQ Co., 192nd Tank Battalion, passed away on February 20, 2013 at the age of 93. We honor his service and mourn his loss. Read more about his service record here: http://bataanproject.com/Motosko.htm And read his obituary...