by Steve Gibson | Oct 2, 2014 | Bataan Days, Slider
Here is the keynote speech presented by CSM Mark W. Bowman, Illinois National Guard at the 72nd Annual Maywood Bataan Day Memorial Service. Transcript follows video and additional information about CSM Bowman is at the bottom of this page. Transcript of CSM...
by Steve Gibson | Apr 15, 2014 | Bataan Days, Co. B, Slider
Ed. Note: Original video below was replaced with a higher quality, higher resolution video. My apologies for the original bad video. A decade home. Certainly the time flew by. Ten years after the end of World War II, the citizens of Maywood, Illinois gathered on a...
by Steve Gibson | Dec 11, 2013 | Co. B, Slider
Co. B’s own Lester Tennenburg, also known as Lester Tenney, is part of a group of Bataan veterans who attended a recent screening of documentarian Jan Thompson’s new project “Never The Same”. Recently, Jan had a showing in Los Angeles, which...
by Steve Gibson | Oct 23, 2013 | Co. B, Slider
Just received the following note from Nancy Martin, daughter of PVT William Hauser, Co. B, who passed away in 1983. I am a volunteer with Honor Flight Chicago. We are looking for any WWII vets that have not had the opportunity to take the Honor Flight to Washington DC...
by Steve Gibson | Sep 17, 2013 | 192nd Postings, Co. B, Slider
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...
