POSTING OF THE COLORS BY AMERICAN LEGION FRANKLIN PARK POST 974, GYSGT LEO ARMWOOD, US MARINE CORPS.
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MBDO VP EDWIN H. WALKER, IV, MASTER OF CEREMONIES, WELCOMES.
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BISHOP DR. REGINALD J. SAFFO, PASTOR, UNITED FAITH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH MAYWOOD & PRESIDENT, UNITED FAITH CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE & BIBLE COLLEGE MAYWOOD, GIVES MEMORIAL PRAYER.
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COLONEL RICHARD A. MCMAHON, JR., PRESIDENT, MAYWOOD BATAAN DAY ORGANIZATION (MBDO) WELCOMES.
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THE HONORABLE EDWENNA PERKINS, MAYOR, VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD, MAKES HER REMARKS.
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RE-USE DEPOT (OLD ARMORY) PRESENTATION: WILLIAM GRIER & MBDO VP EDWIN H. WALKER, IV (USMC). MR. GRIER ACCEPTED, ON BEHALF OF MBDO DIRECTOR KYLE FITZGERALD, US & POW/MIA FLAGS DONATED BY MBDO FOR THE RENOVATED ARMORY AT GREENWOOD & MADISON, MAYWOOD.
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COLONEL MCMAHON INTRODUCES GENEROSO D.G. CALONGE, CONSUL GENERAL IN CHICAGO.
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CONSUL GENERAL CALONGE GIVES A WELCOME FROM THE PHILIPPINE COMMUNITY.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: BRIGADIER GENERAL ALICIA TATE-NADEAU, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL/DIRECTOR OF THE JOINT STAFF, ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD. GENERAL TATE-NADEAU IS THE FIRST FEMALE GENERAL IN THE ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD.
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MEMBERS OF VIETNOW COLOR GUARD, DUPAGE CHAPTER, JEFF AGONATH, CHAIR, PERFORMED A "MONUMENT CEREMONY" MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS A "FIELD CROSS."
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IT CONSISTS OF A RIFLE, HELMET, DOG TAGS, BOOTS, AND A FOLDED AMERICAN FLAG.
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AS EACH ITEM IS BROUGHT OUT, IT IS INSPECTED AND THEN PLACED IN ITS PROPER PLACE.
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AS THESE ITEMS ARE ASSEMBLED INTO THE "FIELD CROSS", MBDO VP WALKER EXPLAINED TO THE AUDIENCE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EACH ITEM.
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AFTER ALL OF THE ITEMS HAD BEEN ASSEMBLED, A FOLDED AMERICAN FLAG IS PLACED AT THE BASE, AND A FINAL SALUTE IS EXECUTED.
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GUEST SPEAKER: WAYNE WAGNER, AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER REPRESENTING ILLINOIS, PAST DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS COMMANDER.
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RIFLE SQUAD GUN SALUTE. AMERICAN LEGION FRANKLIN PARK POST 974, RANDY THOMAS, ADJUTANT.
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VETERANS MEMORIAL PLAQUE DEDICATIONS: FAMILIES AT THE DEDICATED PLAQUES.
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MORIN PLAQUE: BEN WAS A MEMBER OF COMPANY B, 192ND TANK BATTALION.
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MORIN NIECES: DEE HAYWOOD, DENITA MORIN, MARIE SHAW, & CHRIS WILLIAMSON.
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DRAVO PLAQUE: GEORGE WAS ASSIGNED TO HQ COMPANY, 192ND TANK BATTALION.
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DRAVO: SON MBDO DIRECTOR MIKE, GRANDSON MIKE JR.
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GIBSON PLAQUE: EMMETT WAS ASSIGNED TO HQ COMPANY, 192ND TANK BATTALION.
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MBDO DIRECTOR/WEBMASTER STEVE GIBSON EXPLAINS: "The case contains the flag that draped my father’s coffin when he died in 1958, as well as his VFW Commandant’s (Winfield Scott Post #2193) campaign cap which also has his US Army Armored lapel pin."
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WREATH LAYING BEGINS: ARMY: COLONEL ROBERT F. BRACKI
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COLONEL BRACKI
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NAVY: COMMANDER JOSEPH E. TROIANI
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COMMANDER TROIANI
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AIR FORCE: CAPTAIN WILLIAM FLEISCHER
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CAPTAIN FLEISCHER
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CAPTAIN FLEISCHER
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MARINES: GYSGT LEO ARMWOOD
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GYSGT ARMWOOD
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COAST GUARD: TYRONE THREATT, DAVID M. BICKEL
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THREATT
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PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN SURVIVOR JAIME PESONGCO, ROSE SAN DIEGO.
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FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF CHICAGO (FAHSC): MBDO DIRECTOR, FAHSC PRESIDENT ESTRELLA ALAMAR, US AIR FORCE MASTER SERGEANT NESTOR EVARISTO
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WREATHES IN PLACE
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BENEDICTION: FR. (CAPTAIN) CESAR C. PAJARILLO, CHAPLAIN, US ARMY
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PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN SURVIVOR JAIME PESONGCO WITH ROSE SAN DIEGO & US AIR FORCE MASTER SERGEANT NESTOR EVARISTO.
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JAIME & ROSE
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PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN SURVIVOR COLONEL EMILIO HIDALGO WITH WIFE EDITH.
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DIANE ANDRASEK, DAUGHTER OF NICHOLAS F. FRYZIUK (CO. B). NICHOLAS SURVIVED THE WAR.
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ALEXANDER GORR & WIFE GEORGENE. HE IS NEPHEW & NAMESAKE OF ALEXANDER GORR (CO. B). HE DIED ON BOARD A HELL SHIP. BACK ROW: LESLIE SCHMULDT (GRAND DAUGHTER), HEIDI SCHMULDT (DAUGHTER OF ALEXANDER & MOTHER LESLIE), & SON ALEXANDER GORR, JR..
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RICK RICKELMAN, NEPHEW OF RAYMOND P. MASON (CO. B). RAYMOND WAS KILLED IN ACTION. DIRECTLY BEHIND RICK IS DIANE ANDRASEK.
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RAYMOND PRATER & MRS. PRATER. RAYMOND IS SON OF LACY ALONZO PRATER (CO. C). LACY SURVIVED THE WAR.
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WORLD WAR II VETERAN & MBDO DIRECTOR GORAN E. ANDERSON WITH BRIGADIER GENERAL ALICIA TATE-NADEAU, SON GREGG, AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER WAYNE WAGNER, & MBDO VP EDWIN H. WALKER, IV (USMC).
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THE GENERAL & GORAN
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WITH MBDO PRES. COLONEL RICHARD A. MCMAHON, JR.
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WORLD WAR II VETERAN ANGELO PROVENZANO
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ANGELO & BRIGADIER GENERAL ALICIA TATE-NADEAU
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ANGELO, GENERAL TATE-NADEAU, & MBDO VP EDWIN H. WALKER, IV, (USMC).
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MASTER SERGEANT EVARISTO, AMERICAN LEGION NATION COMMITTEE MEMBER REPRESENTING ILLINOIS WAYNE WAGNER.
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MBDO VP EDWIN H. WALKER, IV (USMC), MBDO DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ESTRELLA ALAMAR, & MASTER SERGEANT EVARISTO.
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CHAPLAIN CAPTAIN CESAR C. PAJARILLO, JR., PHILIPPINE CONSUL GENERAL GENEROSO G.D. CALONGE, MBDO PRESIDENT COLONEL RICHARD A. MCMAHON, JR., US AIR FORCE MASTER SERGEANT NESTOR EVARISTO.
US MARINE CORPS GYSGT LEO ARMWOOD & MBDO VP EDWIN H. WALKER, IV, US MARINE CORPS.
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GYSGT ARMWOOD & COLONEL MCMAHON
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AMERICAN LEGION POST 915 CHICAGO COMMANDER HAROLD TONEY & MBDO VP WALKER.
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SCOUT OFFICIALS JOE DOUGLAS & FRED CRANCICH WITH COMMANDER TONEY.
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WAYNE WAGNER, AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, GENERAL TATE-NADEAU, & MBDO VP EDWIN H. WALKER, IV, (USMC)
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MBDO VP WALKER (USMC) & GEORGE MULVANEY, ACTIVE IN LOCAL USMC ORGANIZATIONS, SURROUND CHAPLAIN/CAPTAIN PAJARILLO, US ARMY.
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MBDO SECRETARY JOSE R. GALARZA, JR., US ARMY CHAPLAIN PAJARILLO & MBDO VP EDWIN H. WALKER, IV (USMC).
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US AIR FORCE CAPTAIN WILLIAM FLEISCHER, HIS DAUGHTER KATARINA, MBDO VP WALKER (USMC), AND US MARINE CORPS GYSGT ARMWOOD.
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US COAST GUARD TYRONE THREATT, & DAVID M. BICKEL.
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US NAVY COMMANDER JOSEPH E. TRIOANI & MBDO VP WALKER
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US ARMY COLONEL ROBERT BRACKI & MBDO VP WALKER. COLONEL MCMAHON SERVED MANY YEARS WITH COLONEL BRACKI ON GENERAL STAFF AT 86TH US ARMY RESERVE COMMAND, FOREST PARK.
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JENNIE CATLIN, AMERICAN LEGION POST 96, CICERO.
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BRIGADIER GENERAL TATE-NADEAU & PHILIPPINE CONSUL GENERAL CALONGE.
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ANGELES "JELLY" R. CARANDANG, ANITA BROTONEL WIFE OF MBDO DIRECTOR ED BROTONEL, MBDO DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT, FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF CHICAGO ESTRELLA ALAMAR, & CONSUL GENERAL CALONGE. MBDO DIRECTOR ED BROTONEL ADDED: "Jelly is the president of the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) Midwest Chapter, and Anita is the Vice President of same organization. Jelly is also chair of the National Federation of Filipino Association (NaFFA) Region 3.
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ARNEIL TORRES, CORNELIO SANTIAGO, CONSUL GENERAL CALONGE, WENILYN CAPOTE, ANITA SALDO, & SHERIDAN SABENIANO. WENILYN IS ASSISTANT TO CONSUL GENERAL. THE OTHER ATTENDEES ARE CONSULAR ASSISTANTS IN PHILIPPINE CONSULATE.
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CONSUL GENERAL CALONGE & COLONEL MCMAHON
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COOK COUNTY RECORDER OF DEEDS KAREN YARBROUGH, MBDO VP EDWIN H. WALKER, IV (USMC), MAYWOOD TRUSTEE HENDERSON YARBROUGH, SR. BRIAN CROSS, OFFICE OF RECORDER OF DEEDS, ALSO ATTENDED.
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MS. PRINCESS DEMPSY, EVENT COORDINATOR DAN PERKINS, MAYWOOD MAYOR EDWENNA PERKINS, & MAYWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY DIRECTOR STAN HUNTINGTON.
