POSTING OF THE COLORS BY AMERICAN LEGION FRANKLIN PARK POST 974, GYSGT LEO ARMWOOD, US MARINE CORPS.
BISHOP DR. REGINALD J. SAFFO, PASTOR, UNITED FAITH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH MAYWOOD & PRESIDENT, UNITED FAITH CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE & BIBLE COLLEGE MAYWOOD, GIVES MEMORIAL PRAYER.
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.
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.
MEMBERS OF VIETNOW COLOR GUARD, DUPAGE CHAPTER, JEFF AGONATH, CHAIR, PERFORMED A "MONUMENT CEREMONY" MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS A "FIELD CROSS."
AS THESE ITEMS ARE ASSEMBLED INTO THE "FIELD CROSS", MBDO VP WALKER EXPLAINED TO THE AUDIENCE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EACH ITEM.
AFTER ALL OF THE ITEMS HAD BEEN ASSEMBLED, A FOLDED AMERICAN FLAG IS PLACED AT THE BASE, AND A FINAL SALUTE IS EXECUTED.
GUEST SPEAKER: WAYNE WAGNER, AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER REPRESENTING ILLINOIS, PAST DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS COMMANDER.
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."
FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF CHICAGO (FAHSC): MBDO DIRECTOR, FAHSC PRESIDENT ESTRELLA ALAMAR, US AIR FORCE MASTER SERGEANT NESTOR EVARISTO
PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN SURVIVOR JAIME PESONGCO WITH ROSE SAN DIEGO & US AIR FORCE MASTER SERGEANT NESTOR EVARISTO.
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..
RICK RICKELMAN, NEPHEW OF RAYMOND P. MASON (CO. B). RAYMOND WAS KILLED IN ACTION. DIRECTLY BEHIND RICK IS DIANE ANDRASEK.
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).
MASTER SERGEANT EVARISTO, AMERICAN LEGION NATION COMMITTEE MEMBER REPRESENTING ILLINOIS WAYNE WAGNER.
MBDO VP EDWIN H. WALKER, IV (USMC), MBDO DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ESTRELLA ALAMAR, & MASTER SERGEANT EVARISTO.
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.
WAYNE WAGNER, AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, GENERAL TATE-NADEAU, & MBDO VP EDWIN H. WALKER, IV, (USMC)
MBDO VP WALKER (USMC) & GEORGE MULVANEY, ACTIVE IN LOCAL USMC ORGANIZATIONS, SURROUND CHAPLAIN/CAPTAIN PAJARILLO, US ARMY.
MBDO SECRETARY JOSE R. GALARZA, JR., US ARMY CHAPLAIN PAJARILLO & MBDO VP EDWIN H. WALKER, IV (USMC).
US AIR FORCE CAPTAIN WILLIAM FLEISCHER, HIS DAUGHTER KATARINA, MBDO VP WALKER (USMC), AND US MARINE CORPS GYSGT ARMWOOD.
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.
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.
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.
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.
MS. PRINCESS DEMPSY, EVENT COORDINATOR DAN PERKINS, MAYWOOD MAYOR EDWENNA PERKINS, & MAYWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY DIRECTOR STAN HUNTINGTON.
MAYWOOD CHIEF OF POLICE VALDIMIR TALLEY, JR., PAST MAYWOOD CHIEF OF POLICE JAMES STENSON, & JERI STENSON