LAS CRUCES – The Bataan Memorial Death March an event hosted by White Sands Missile Range each year to honor the American and Filipino soldiers who were forced to march over 60 miles and suffered great abuse at the hands of the Japanese in World War II was held virtually this year.
Marchers this year completed their treks between April 9 to April 18. The distance marched could be either the full marathon distance of 26.2 miles or 14.2 miles as an honorary distance. The miles had to be completed within one day.
According to WSMR, 7,630 people registered to participate this year, compared to the over 10,000 people who registered in 2020. Last year’s march was cancelled after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The image of U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell standing in front of stockpiled steel at the U.S.-Mexico border recently was telling. Not a worker could be seen at the remote site in Luna County where contractors have stockpiled steel, rock and old vehicle barriers. Construction equipment sat idle. Trailers sat empty near a collection of portable toilets.
After 450 miles of frenetic construction under former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden stopped work on the border wall on his first day in office. Biden has not yet announced whether he will resume construction on unfinished segments or say what he will do with the isles of piles of paid steel baking in the sun a few miles east of Hachita.
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich Leads Introduction Of Bipartisan Bataan And Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act
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WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced the bipartisan Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act to honor the heroic veterans who endured the Bataan Death March during World War II.
The Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act would bestow a collective Congressional Gold Medal, the nation’s highest and most distinguished civilian honor, to the troops from the United States and the Philippines who bravely defended Bataan and Corregidor and endured one of the most harrowing prisoners of war experiences in history, in recognition of their personal service and sacrifice.