Here's what's happening in 2010 during the Bataan Death March Weekend
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March 18,
2010 Bell Bell Beginning at 1 pm |
The gym is closed beginning at 1 pm on March 18 thru 9 am
March 22 for billeting of the 21st Annual Bataan Memorial
Death March participants. First come first serve.
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March
19, 2010 Community Center, Building 460 Bataan 9 am – 9 pm |
All personnel participating in the 21st Annual Bataan
Memorial Death March are invited to pick up their Bataan
In-processing Packets from 9 am until 9 pm on Friday, March
19, 2010. |
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March 19,
2010 Post Theater, Building 254 Movie: "Great Raid" Free Showing 7:00 pm |
"The Great Raid" tells the true story of the 6th Ranger Battalion, under the command of Lt. Col Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt), which undertakes a daring rescue mission against all odds. Traveling 30 miles behind enemy lines, the 6th Rangers aim to liberate more than 500 American prisoners of war from the notorious Cabanatuan Japanese POW camp. The movie is based on two books, "The Great Raid on |
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March 20,
2010 Breakfast Served 6:30 am – 9:30 am |
Breakfast Service begins at 6:30 am until 9:30 am at the |
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March 20,
2010 Frontier Club, Building 1330 Breakfast Buffet |
Breakfast Buffet begins at 6:30 am until 10 am at the
Frontier Club on Saturday, March 20, 2010. |
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March
20, 2010 Community Center, Building 460 9 am - 10 pm |
All participants of the 21st Annual Bataan Memorial Death
March are invited to pick up their Bataan In-processing
Packets from 9 am and ending at 10 pm on Saturday, March 20,
2010 at the Community Center, Bldg 460. |
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March 20,
2010 Golf Course, Building 1330 Bataan |
From 12:30 pm until 5 pm on Saturday, golfers from around
the world are invited to golf on the White Sands Golf Course
for only $15 (this includes cart rental). |
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March 20,
2010 Post Theater, Building 254 2:30 pm and 4 pm |
This is a historical seminar conducted by New Mexico State
University (NMSU) that covers the deployment of the NM
National Guard to the Philippines, the battle for the
Philippines and the Fall of Bataan. This seminar
provides historical information of the Bataan Death March
and the POW camps and the repatriation of Prisoner of War
(POW) back to |
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March 20,
2010 Professional Meet the 3:30 pm - 5 pm |
Come to the |
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March 20,
2010 Frontier Club, Building 1330 Pasta Buffet Dinner 4:30 pm - 8 pm |
This All-You-Can-Eat Pasta Buffet Dinner is open to all marchers, guests and event personnel. Come by the Frontier Club and see the true meaning of esprit de corps. The Pasta Buffet Dinner will run from 4:30 pm until 8 pm at the Frontier Club. Cost is $10 per person. |
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March 20,
2010 Post Theater, Building 254 Movie: "Great Raid" 7:00 pm |
"The Great Raid" tells the true story of the 6th Ranger
Battalion, under the command of Lt. Col Henry Mucci
(Benjamin Bratt), which undertakes a daring rescue mission
against all odds. Traveling 30 miles behind enemy
lines, the 6th Rangers aim to liberate more than 500
American prisoners of war from the notorious Cabanatuan
Japanese POW camp. The movie is based on two books,
"The Great Raid on |
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March 21,
2010
Frontier Club, Building 1330 Marchers' Continental Breakfast |
A continental breakfast is provided for all Marcher’s in the
21st Annual Bataan Memorial Death March at NO CHARGE.
Marchers' are welcome to have breakfast beginning at 4:30 am
prior to the Opening Ceremony and the Official Start of the
Bataan Memorial Death March. |
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March 21,
2010
Frontier Club, Building 1330 Marchers must report to Start Area |
Please see
the diagram below.
Make sure you get here early!
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March 21, 2010 Frontier Club, Building 1330 Opening Ceremony 6:35 am |
We invite you to join us as we "Bataan Never Forgotten"
During the Opening Ceremony, we remember those who fell at |
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March 21, 2010 Frontier Club, Building 1330 Marchers Start in Order |
Marchers will begin in the following order:
1. Walter Reed and Brooke Army Medical Soldiers (Wounded
Warriors) 2. Individual and Team Civilian Light and
Heavy Categories, Modified March.
3. Military Individual and Team Light, ROTC, JROTC
and National Guard Categories 4. Military Individual
and Team Heavy, National Guard and ROTC Team Heavy |
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March 21, 2010
Frontier Club, Building 1330 10:30 am – Until final Marcher |
Marcher’s lunch meal is included in their registration fee.
Additional a la carte items are available for purchase for
spectators. In
the event of high winds, meals will be served in the
Frontier Club. |
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March 21, 2010 Frontier Club, Building 1330 3 pm |
The Recognition Ceremony will honor the 20th Annual Bataan
Memorial Death March participants and Bataan Veterans. |
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March 21, 2010 Frontier Club, Building 1330 |
A post-March Dinner Buffet is open to all marchers, guests, and event personnel. Come and put up your feet with us at the Frontier Club from 5 pm until 8 pm. Thanks and we hope to see you next year! Next Year’s March is scheduled for 27 March 2011 |
Bataan Memorial Death March
Start/Finish Area Site Map
NO MAMA, NO PAPA, NO UNCLE SAM ............ REMEMBER THE SACRIFICE
The Next Bataan March is March 27, 2011!
Registration for the 2011 march
will open December 2010
 New Mexico Army National Guard |
 White Sands Missile Range MWR |
 New Mexico State University Army ROTC Department |
Contact us at
bataan@conus.army.mil.
Send questions on rules to
bataanrules@conus.army.mil.
Send your photos of the event to bataanphotos@conus.army.mil. (visit Photo Gallery page for more info on photo usage)
Send your photos of the event to bataanphotos@conus.army.mil. (visit Photo Gallery page for more info on photo usage)