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Mar 30, 2006

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TYA TAKES PART IN BATAAN MEMORIAL DEATH MARCH
Pryor Daily Times, OK

PRYOR - Ten cadets and six TYA staff returned Tuesday from New Mexico to participate in the annual re-enactment of the Bataan Death March held at Whitesand Missile Range.

Each year thousands of people from around the nation and world meet for this event. The walk follows a 26.2 mile course starting at an elevation of 4100 feet and rising to a height of 5300 feet.

The march honors the special group of World War II heroes who defended the islands of Luzon, Corregidor and Philippine islands and the deadly march they endured to the prison camps of the Japanese.

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