Title:
Memorial marathon eternalizes Bataan Death March
Description:
Participants of the 22nd Annual Bataan Memorial Death March imprint their footprints on the 26.2-mile desert trail March 27, 2011, at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The event, attended by a record number of more than 6,000 marchers, commemorates the original Bataan Death March which occurred in the Philippines during World War II. On April 9, 1942, 75,000 Army, Army Air Corps, Navy, Marines and Filipino soldiers were surrendered to Japanese forces. Forced to march 60 miles in the sweltering heat through the Philippine jungles, thousands of soldiers died in transit to prisoner-of-war camps.
Creator:
U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Joshua Turner
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Date Added:
October 18, 2012