by Steve Gibson | Aug 10, 2015 | 192nd Postings, Co. B, Deceased, Roll of Honor
The Maywood Bataan Day Organization joins with the friends and family of Herbert C. “Bud” Kirchhoff, Jr. in mourning his passing on June 10, 2015. Herbert was a member of Co. B of the 192nd Tank Battalion and was a resident of Maywood. He survived the...
by Steve Gibson | Jul 29, 2015 | 192nd Postings, Co. B, Slider
MBDO President, Col. Richard McMahon, Jr., recently took on the task of assisting the family of one of the fallen heroes of Co. B of the 192nd Tank Battalion. Sgt. Lawrence J. Jordan fought in the first tank battles on Bataan and later would be taken prisoner by the...
by Steve Gibson | May 19, 2015 | 192nd Postings, Co. B, MBDO News, Photo Gallery, Slider
I just purchased this photo from a dealer on eBay in Mexico City, Mexico. It’s a photo of Maywood residents gather around a radio in a pharmacy some time in early February, 1945. They are anxiously waiting for any details on the prison camp raid carried out a...
by Steve Gibson | Apr 25, 2015 | 192nd Postings, Co. B, Slider
“If Mr. Abe comes here I would like him to say, ‘I bring with me an apology from the industrial giants that enslaved American POWs.’ He could say that very easily …” – Lester Tenney, Co. B, 192nd Tank Battalion, former Japanese POW...
by Steve Gibson | Nov 19, 2014 | MBDO News, Slider
From STARS AND STRIPES online: 95 years old, but still looking ahead — and back — Herbert Kirchoff, one of three remaining suvivors of CO. B of the 192nd Tank Battalion from Maywood, Illinois, is the subject of a great online article. Follow this link to...
