3 “The day we trained for all winter has come and gone. April 10, 2021 turned out to be one we will not soon forget,” said USAWC Command Sgt. Maj. Brian Flom. “I could not think of a better way to begin the day than Col. Doug Winton’s remarks of why we marched to commemorate the 79th Anniversary of the Bataan Death March.”
Winton, who chairs a war college teaching department, spoke of the reasons why U.S. forces were defending Bataan, provided a basic summary of the event, and described the significance of memorializing the event for current service members and in particular for the New Mexico National Guard’s 200th Coast Artillery who lost 900 Guardsman during the march.
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Earlier this month, soldiers currently assigned to Brooke Army Medical Center s Soldier Recovery Unit organized and participated in the Bataan Death March remembrance event on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. The intent was to recreate – virtually – the Bataan Death March remembrance event that is normally held in New Mexico, said Army Staff Sgt. Edward Nelan, a veteran-track squad leader in BAMC s SRU. Nelan served as the lead coordinator and non-commissioned officer in charge of the event. We have 33 personnel from the SRU who volunteered to be part of the march and we have participants from outside the SRU.
BAMC s virtual commemorative march was part of the national march. The Army Reserve Officer Training Corps department at New Mexico State University began the event in 1989 in White Sands, New Mexico according to the Bataan Memorial Death March site. The participants can either choose the full 26-mile march, or the shorter version of 14.2 miles. They can also
Even through COVID-19 has hindered many groupsâ projects, a local junior ROTC has found ways to continue serving the community.
âWith COVID constraints, I remain amazed how the cadets are still able to accomplish so much,â said Lt. Col. Joe Walsh, the Senior Army Instructor at the Albert Gallatin High School JROTC program.
Beginning in mid-April the cadets took part in the Bataan Memorial March where over 34 cadets from Albert Gallatin as well as the Connellsville JROTC participated in a 14-mile foot march from the Dunbar VFD through Connellsville and back.
âAll-in-all it was a great way to remember what our WWII veterans went through during the actual Bataan Death March,â Walsh said, noting the cadets returned with sore feet, blisters and aching muscles.