A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE TAKE PART IN THE BATAAN MEMORIAL DEATH MARCH AT WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE SUNDAY. EIGHT-THOUSAND-400 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE MARCH THAT HONORS WORLD WAR 2 VETERANS WHO FOUGHT IN THE PHILIPPINES.
U-S SOLDIERS AND FILIPINO TROOPS HAD TO WALK 65 MILES ACROSS THE BATAAN PENINSULA TO PRISON CAMPS. THEY ALSO DEALT WITH TOUGH CONDITIONS … LIKE NO WATER OR FOOD AS WELL AS TORTURE AND EXECUTIONS.
THE BATAAN MEMORIAL DEATH MARCH WAS STARTED IN 1989 AND MOVED TO WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE IN 1992.
