‘Bataan Memorial Death March’ in New Mexico draws record crowd
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WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. -- More than 8,000 runners and walkers joined the 30thBataan Memorial Death March through the desert surrounding White Sands Missile Range on Sunday, March 18. It was the annual event's largest field of participant‘Bataan Memorial Death March’ in New Mexico draws record crowd
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. -- More than 8,000 runners and walkers joined the 30thBataan Memorial Death March through the desert surrounding White Sands Missile Range on Sunday, March 18. It was the annual event's largest field of participants yet, with 8,631 registered to run ormarch Participants could register for the full 26.2-mile trek from the main post through sandy terrain on an uphill circuit around Mineral Hill north of US 70, including an area known aptly as the «sand pit.» Or, there was a 14.2-mile honorary marchthat broke from the longer route after the eighth mile and returned to post, but still through desert terrain, according to the Las C...Keep on reading: ‘Bataan Memorial Death March’ in New Mexico draws record crowd Read more