70 Years Ago Today, the Fall of Bataan

From New Mexico Watchdog -On April 9, 1942, approximately 70,000 American and Filipino soldiers surrendered after the fall of Bataan, including members of the 515th and the 200th Coastal Artillery of the New Mexico National Guard who were taken on the infamous Bataan death march that immediately followed. The circumstances of Bataan have had a profound on New Mexico as some 1,800 Guardsmen were deployed to the Phillipines during World War II and only half would return alive.
On this 70th anniverary, we pause, reflect, remember and salute.

70 Years Ago Today, the Fall of Bataan