SUNDAY’S EXPECTED TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR A WALK IN THE DESERT. IT’S THE DAY OF THE BATAAN MEMORIAL DEATH MARCH AT WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE. THE EVENT IS ENTERING IT’S 27TH YEAR. IT MARKS THE OCCASION IN WORLD WAR TWO WHEN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN AND FILIPINO SOLDIERS WERE FORCED BY THEIR JAPANESE CAPTORS TO MARCH FOR DAYS THROUGH THE PHILIPPINE JUNGLES. THOUSAND DIED ALONG THE WAY.
THIS SUNDAY, OVER 7-THOUSAND SOLDIERS AND CITIZENS ALIKE WILL WALK THE 26-POINT-2 MILE TRAIL, AND SOME WILL BE COMPETING IN THE “HEAVY” DIVISION WITH 35 POUND PACKS ON THEIR BACKS.
OPENING CEREMONIES BEGIN AT 6:35 AM WITH THE MARCH CONTINUING ALL DAY.
