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Bataan: A 70th Anniversary Commemoration

On December 15, 2011, honoring the 70th anniversary of the fall of Bataan and the subsequent death march, Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) proposed S .2004, legislation to grant the Congressional Gold Medal to the troops who defended Bataan during World War II. The next day, Congressman Martin Heinrich (D-NM) proposed its counterpart in the House of Representatives H.R. 3712. New Mexico PBS has produced a program with some of the NM survivors of the surrenders of Bataan and Corregidor.

Veteran Stories

Robert Heer

William Eldridge

Earl M. Szwabo

Ralph Griffith

Ralph Rodriguez

Pedro "Pete" Gonzales

Relatives Who Survived the Bataan Death March | NMPBS ¡COLORES!