Every year for the past 25 years—with the exception of 2003—men and women from across the nation gather together and push through a grueling 26.2-mile course on the White Sands Missile Range in Southern New Mexico to remember and honor a special group of World War II heroes.
On April 9th, 1942, after battling to defend several islands in the Philippines, tens of thousands of Filipino and American (Army, Army Air Corps, Navy, and Marines) soldiers were surrendered to Japanese forces. They were forced to march for days in scorching heat—through the Philippine jungles...
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