by Steve Gibson | Jun 3, 2013 | 192nd Postings, Co. D, Slider
I was notified tonight by the grandson of J. C. Garrett, Aaron Dupuy, that we have a typo in the MBDO Bataan Day booklet. We have incorrectly identified Pvt. Al. L. Humphrey, Jr as MIA/Presumed Killed In Action. In reality, Pvt. Humphrey was not MIA. He survived the...
by Steve Gibson | May 12, 2013 | 192nd Postings, Co. B, Slider
One in a continuing series highlighting the men of the 192nd Tank Battalion. All materials are excerpted from the Proviso Bataan Commemorative Project: Front Page Pvt. Joseph L. Wisniowski was born on March 12, 1919, in Chicago. He was the son of Frank Wisniowski...
by Steve Gibson | Apr 17, 2013 | MBDO News, Slider
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...
by Steve Gibson | Apr 16, 2013 | MBDO Activities, Slider
[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...
by Steve Gibson | Mar 21, 2013 | Bataan Related, Slider
Olympic distance runner, World War II hero and celebrated USC Alumnus Louis Zamperini spoke to a maximum capacity audience recently at USC about the power of resilience. Louis Zemperini placed 8th in the 1936 Berlin Olympics as a distance runner. Later, during WWII,...
