SD Guard members march to push themselves, honor the fallen [Image 5 of 5]

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NM, UNITED STATES

03.22.2015

Courtesy Photo

South Dakota National Guard Public Affairs   

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brian Johnson, 842nd Engineer Company, Detachment 1, Belle Fourche; Sgt. Jeremy Eccleston, 842nd Engineer Company, Spearfish, and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Ryan Mattfield, 196th Regional Training Institute, Sturgis, were among eight members of the SDARNG that marched in the 26th Annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 22, 2015. The 26.2-mile event honors the tens of thousands of Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, both American and Filipino, who were taken prisoner April 9, 1942, by Japanese forces in World War II and force-marched to POW camps resulting in an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 deaths.

• Date Taken: 03.22.2015
• Date Posted: 03.28.2015 12:55
• Photo ID: 1843032
• VIRIN: 150322-Z-ZZ999-002
• Resolution: 715x425
• Size: 186.82 KB
• Location: WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NM, US