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Bataan Memorial March
Posted on 5/1/14 at 7:28 pm
Posted on 5/1/14 at 7:28 pm
Bataan Memorial March Info
Anybody here ever done this?
I did it this year. Not at White Sands but at a satellite site. Very hard, both physically and mentally, but it was well worth it to suck it up and finish.
Felt great to honor those guys.
Anybody here ever done this?
I did it this year. Not at White Sands but at a satellite site. Very hard, both physically and mentally, but it was well worth it to suck it up and finish.
Felt great to honor those guys.
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Posted on 5/1/14 at 8:32 pm to CajunSoldier225
I was going to do it a few years ago, but they were going to require me to "register" the pistol in my car with some sort of "Directorate" or some bullshite like that...requiring that I let them record the serial number. Told 'em to frick off. 
So no, haven't done it, and I'm not gonna.
So no, haven't done it, and I'm not gonna.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 6:05 am to CajunSoldier225
i had an old uncle from natchez that was in the death march - and lived
we lost him about 20 yrs ago
we lost him about 20 yrs ago
Posted on 5/2/14 at 8:38 am to CajunSoldier225
You did the full or the half? Wore the 35lb pack?
Posted on 5/2/14 at 9:08 am to CajunSoldier225
White Sands is incredible FWIW
Posted on 5/2/14 at 12:09 pm to CajunSoldier225
I have an uncle that was in the death march. I believe he was POW for 4 years there. He passed away about 10 years ago, but has a great book out if anyone is interested. Very good read!!
LINK
LINK
Posted on 5/2/14 at 12:47 pm to CajunSoldier225
My grandfather wasn't on Bataan, but he was a POW in Stalag Luft IV. Russian forces were closing in on the Germans, so they had to evacuate all prison camps. Marched over 600 miles in blizzard conditions across Germany for 3 months. Many died from illness, ones that didn't dropped half their weight and suffered permanent injuries. My grandfather survived it and WWII, but died before I was born.
They were truly great men, and I thank God I have never had to go through anything like my grandfather did.
ETA: it was called the Black March
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They were truly great men, and I thank God I have never had to go through anything like my grandfather did.
ETA: it was called the Black March
LINK
This post was edited on 5/2/14 at 1:07 pm
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