This week on NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS
This is a picture of the moving and poignant Bataan Death March Memorial in Las Cruces. Many of you probably already know, but New Mexico was hit especially hard by this dark time in U.S. History. Of the 12,000 American troops in the Phillipines at the start of World War II, 1,800 of them were members of the New Mexico National Guard. It was 66-years ago this week that the U.S. troops in the Phillipines surrendered to Japan. Many of them were forced to walk the Bataan Death March, over 60 miles in tough conditions and with a full load on their backs. At least 6,000 U.S. troops died in the march, and many other didn't survive the prison camps that were their destination.
This week on NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS, join us as we pay tribute to these brave National Guard Members. We'll talk with several surviving Bataan Vets, and take you to a special memorial held in their honor. We also talk with Veterans Affairs Secretary John Garcia about the Vets legacy.
Also ahead on the show, THE LINE panelists sound off on General David Petreaus's latest update on Iraq, the race for the first congressional district here in New Mexico, as well as the progress on Spaceport America.
Join us Friday night at 7pm, or again Sunday morning at 6:30am, and as always thanks for watching!
posted by Kevin McDonald at
2:00 PM
4 Comments:
Loved the show, as usual. I was hoping the group would have discussed the whole APD fiasco, though.
THE WAR?
That Darnell guy has some kind of mental BLOCK that makes him WILLING to give the Bush Administration a FREE PASS on the lying, waste, fraud, abuse, scandal, contract corruption, domestic spying, arms dealing, war profiteering, torture, CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS... and want "MORE OF THE SAME WITH OLD MAN McCAIN"
Maybe he should read my blog and come back to reality...
ask me to your show, I'll tear him apart with words...
It's ashamed that someone who has written one of the most comprehensive books on NM in Bataan and WWII was not shown or mentnioned—Nancy Bartlit of Los Alamos with her book "Silent Voices of WWII: When Sons of the Land of Enchantment Met Sons of the Land of the Rising Sun." Her book is being used to teach NM history in several NM school districts, and she lectures around the state.
On your show it was mentioned that if you ask people if they want terrorist calls monitored, they say yes, but no private calls monitored. If you aren't doing anything wrong, what difference is there?
Your information is all over the internet and is monitored with cookies. Advertising firms know what you buy, where you buy it, how much you buy and all your personal info. Do you complain about that? You can pay a few bucks and find out almost anything and get lists of e-mails, phone numbers and addresses.
I much prefer the government know those things about me than marketing people and scam artists. Which one helps "ME" more?
Jo
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