The 83rd Commemoration of the Fall of Bataan

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Sgt. Maria Olguin, from Albuquerque and a member of the New Mexico National Guard, holds a U.S. flag during the invocation for the 83rd anniversary Commemoration of the Fall of Bataan. The event took place outside the Bataan Memorial Building in Santa Fe, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. The remembrance included remarks by Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber and others. United States and Philippine soldiers were ordered to surrender to Imperial Japan during the Battle of Bataan in World War II, on April 9, 1942.
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Billie Jean Sawyer, 99, from Flagstaff, Az., looks at a display about her brother Thomas Vernon "Louie" Long, following the 83rd anniversary Commemoration of the Fall of Bataan, in Santa Fe, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Private First Class Long, was born in Portales in 1915. Long was drafted into the Battery E, 200th Coast Artillery and in 1941 was stations in the Philippines. United States and Philippine soldiers were ordered to surrender to Imperial Japan during the Battle of Bataan in World War II, on April 9, 1942. Long died on cerebral malaria, in Cabanatuan Prison Camp, August 28, 1942.
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Billie Jean Sawyer, 99, from Flagstaff, Az., is presented a gift during the 83rd anniversary Commemoration of the Fall of Bataan, in Santa Fe, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Sawyer's brother, Private First Class Thomas Vernon "Louie" Long, was born in Portales in 1915. Long was drafted into the Battery E, 200th Coast Artillery and in 1941 was stations in the Philippines. United States and Philippine soldiers were ordered to surrender to Imperial Japan during the Battle of Bataan in World War II, on April 9, 1942. Long died on cerebral malaria, in Cabanatuan Prison Camp, August 28, 1942.
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SSg. Ashley Lucero,with the New Mexico National Guard, and TSGT Theodore Romero, with the Air National Guard, lower the U.S. Flag for the raising of the white flag of surrender during the 83rd anniversary Commemoration of the Fall of Bataan. The event took place outside the Bataan Memorial Building in Santa Fe, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. The remembrance included remarks by Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber and others. United States and Philippine soldiers were ordered to surrender to Imperial Japan during the Battle of Bataan in World War II, on April 9, 1942.
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TSGT Theodore Romero, center, and A1C Adan Veleta Hernandez, with the Air National Guard, raising of the white flag of surrender during the 83rd anniversary Commemoration of the Fall of Bataan. The event took place outside the Bataan Memorial Building in Santa Fe, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. The remembrance included remarks by Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber and others. United States and Philippine soldiers were ordered to surrender to Imperial Japan during the Battle of Bataan in World War II, on April 9, 1942.
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Estevan Vigil, from Las Vegas holds up his son Eluzio Vigil, 4, during the 83rd anniversary Commemoration of the Fall of Bataan. Vigil's grandfather Antonio J. Vigil was a Bataan suirivor. The event took place outside the Bataan Memorial Building in Santa Fe, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. The remembrance included remarks by Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber and others. United States and Philippine soldiers were ordered to surrender to Imperial Japan during the Battle of Bataan in World War II, on April 9, 1942.
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SSg. Ronald Jimenez, right, SSg. Thomas Hammer, center, and Sgt. Jonah Bell, all with the New Mexico National Guard, dressed in WWII uniforms, take part in the 83rd anniversary Commemoration of the Fall of Bataan. The event took place outside the Bataan Memorial Building in Santa Fe, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. United States and Philippine soldiers were ordered to surrender to Imperial Japan during the Battle of Bataan in World War II, on April 9, 1942.
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SSg. Tara Sawyer, and other members of the Recruiting and Retention Battalion for the New Mexico National Guard, perform the 21 gun salute during the 83rd anniversary Commemoration of the Fall of Bataan. The event took place outside the Bataan Memorial Building in Santa Fe, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. United States and Philippine soldiers were ordered to surrender to Imperial Japan during the Battle of Bataan in World War II, on April 9, 1942.
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Lt. Col. Isaac J. Tenorio, with the New Mexico National Guard, stands at attention as the U.S. flag is raised during the 83rd anniversary Commemoration of the Fall of Bataan. The event took place outside the Bataan Memorial Building in Santa Fe, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. United States and Philippine soldiers were ordered to surrender to Imperial Japan during the Battle of Bataan in World War II, on April 9, 1942.
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