JANESVILLE BATAAN WAR MEMORIAL
COMPANY A OF THE 192ND TANK BATTALION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY WAS A FEDERALIZED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD UNIT ACTIVATED IN NOVEMBER 1940. DEPLOYED TO THE PHILIPPINES, THE BATTALION WAS ENGAGED IN COMBAT DURING THE JAPANESE INVASION AND THE US RETREAT TO THE BATAAN PENINSULA. THE 192ND WAS PART OF THE FORCE THAT SURRENDERED TO THE JAPANESE THERE, AND IT SUBSEQUENTLY CEASED TO EXIST AS AN ACTIVE UNIT. THE MEN OF COMPANY A WERE RECRUITED FROM ROCK COUNTY AND ITS ENVIRONS AND BECAME KNOW AS "THE JANESVILLE 99." OF THESE 99, ONLY 35 MEN WOULD RETURN ALIVE.
Location
Address:
W. MILWAUKEE STREET AND S. FRANKLIN STREET
City:
JANESVILLE
State:
Wisconsin
Zip Code:
53548
Details
Memorial Type:
Plaques On Stone
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
WORLD WAR II
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By:
DAVID BRADFORD-ROCK COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
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