Since 1942

Maywood Bataan Day Organization 2025

They were barely more than kids, only in their teens and early twenties. Their buddies from Proviso High School called them “Weekend Warriors”. They were members of the 33rd Tank Company, 33rd Infantry Division of the Illinois National Guard based at the Armory in Maywood, Illinois…

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Find the latest Bataan Day pictures in the Bataan Day 2012 Gallery. Click on Galleries above, then Maywood Bataan Day Events album, and then select Bataan Day 2012.

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Lt. Gibson Visits American Legion – 1942

Found this article online while scanning through an online database of Maywood Herald articles. This is a picture of page 3 of the Maywood Herald from July 16, 1942. It show Lt. Emmett Gibson (who is my father), recently returned from Bataan after being medically...

1970’s Bataan Day Poster

Here's a real find. I believe this poster was given to the Maywood Bataan Day Organization by Jesse Jones. He's a repeat donor, having also given us the great video footage from the 1980 Bataan Day Parade, which you cna find here. A couple reminders - first of all, if...

2016 Keynote – Brig Gen Tate Nadeau

In 2015, Brigadier General Alicia A. Tate-Nadeau received her promotion from Colonel to Brigadier General, adding to an impressive resume and thereby becoming the first female in the Illinois National Guard to earn the rank. Brigadier General Tate-Nadeau currently...

The Death March Marker at Km 102

The Death March Marker at Km 102, purchased by the late MBDO Director Alberta Clayton is located at the newly refurbished San Fernando Train Station, see attached photos. Alberta purchased the Marker to honor her brother, LaPrade D. Brown, who died a Japanese POW at...

In Memory of Pat Besaw

This evening, we received information that Pat Besaw, longtime Board member and Secretary of the MBDO has passed away. We offer our condolences to her friends and family on the loss of Pat. May God bless her and her loved ones in this time of grief. More details as we...

Death March Boxcar Relocated (Updated)

[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 O'Donnell POW...

2015 Philippine Veterans Week Photos

Col. McMahon has completed early work on the album of photos from the 2015 Philippine Veterans Week events at the Capas National Shrine. Please click on the GALLERIES link above, then PHILIPPINE EVENTS ALBUM and then scroll down to select this gallery. Or click here...

2020 Bataan Day Postponed until 2021

A village tradition since 1942, the annual Maywood Bataan Day Memorial Service, scheduled for September 13, 2020, has been postponed until the second Sunday in 2021. Maywood Bataan Day Organization President Richard A. McMahon and the MBDO Board of Directors notified...

Welcome Director Jim Opolony!

By acclimation, the Maywood Bataan Day Board of Directors was happy to appoint long-time MBDO friend, Jim Opolony to the board at the February 2016 Board meeting. Most of those familiar with the story of Maywood Bataan Day are also familiar with Jim Opolony, a...

New photo gallery: Philippine Veterans Week 2017

President McMahon is happy to announce that he has finished cataloging and uploading photos from Philippine Veterans Week 2017 at Capas National Shrine. You can find it in the GALLERY tab above, under Philippine Events Album. Or click here.

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The Maywood Bataan Day Organization will remain well-positioned to perpetuate the memory of why Maywood marks Bataan Day on the second Sunday of September. Through the efforts of the MBDO, and the support of those who hold these memories as sacred as the MBDO does, no one will ever forget the sacrifice of these brave soldiers in WWII – or the dedication and support of their families through their long captivity.

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