USC officially signs Michigan linebacker Jadyn Walker and Carlsbad defensive lineman Ratumana Bulabalavu, along with Los Alamitos cornerback Isaiah Rubin, to round out its class.
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. “New Mexico in World War II” is kind of a scrapbook. It’s rich with archival wartime-era photographs. The black-and-white images touch on the diverse roles residents played, whether in uniform, as civilians, on the battlefront, behind the lines or on the homefront. The text gives the reader explanations of topics in accompanying images.
Archival photo of midget Japanese submarine, captured at Pearl Harbor, moving down Albuquerque’s Central Avenue as part of a drive for war bonds to finance America’s war effort. (Albuquerque Museum)
The first chapter is about the infamous Bataan Death March in 1942 in the Philippines. Many New Mexican soldiers died of torture, starvation and tropical diseases while under siege in Bataan province, during the march and later in hellish Japanese prisoner-of-war camps.