by Steve Gibson | Jul 31, 2015 | Bataan Related, Directors, Slider
Col. McMahon has added a new gallery of photos taken at the 2015 Bataan Death March Observance by VFW Post 2485 memorial at the Capas National Shrine (Camp O’Donnell), featuring Boy Scout troop 485 and others. You can find this and many other photo galleries by...
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 | Jan 30, 2015 | Bataan Related, Photo Gallery, Slider
President McMahon has added a new gallery of photos from the VFW Post 2485 and BSA Troop 485 Bataan Death March Observance, Camp O’Donnell 2014.
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...