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Veterans’ Lunch & Movie

"Back to Bataan"

  • Date: 08/13/2019 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM  
  • Location: Izaak Walton Youth Center & Reserve
    899 Jay Street
    Elgin, Illinois 60120
  • Introduction: Veterans are invited to a FREE lunch and a movie, “Back to Bataan” at the Hanover Township Izaak Walton Center. Registration required.
Veterans are invited to a free lunch and a movie, “Back to Bataan” at the Hanover Township Izaak Walton Center. This World War II film sees American army colonel Joseph Madden (John Wayne) stationed in the Philippines with much of his military support forced out of the region by Japanese troops. Despite the grim situation, the tenacious Madden attempts to rally Filipino guerrilla fighters to continue assaults on the Japanese. Among Madden's band of soldiers is Captain Andres Bonifacio (Anthony Quinn), who struggles with the burden of being the grandson of a war hero.
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