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January 28th 2016
Published: June 25th 2017
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Geo: 32.3067, -106.778Now that Dave B has reached the lofty heights of sixty five years well-lived, we expect that he will start to shrink, begin wearing fedoras, drive with his turn signal on all the time, and start forgetting all of those distant childhood memories (and things that happened yesterday). There's not much we can do about the first three but we thought we might help with some re... Read Full Entry



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Bataan Death March Memorial

During World War II, U.S. troops surrendered to the Japanese in the Philippines. New Mexico's loss was greater than other states because the 200th/515th Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft Regiments were comprised mainly of troops from New Mexico.
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83 Men Were From Deming

The troops were forced to walk for miles with little food or water available. Troops were tortured without reason and often murdered for no cause.



29th February 2016

Thank you for an interesting trip through the Las Cruces area and the very informative pictures.
1st March 2016

That all looks quite spectacular! Reminds me of the dumping of snow we are getting as we speak! Enjoy :D
1st March 2016

Oh my...
1st March 2016

Large, prehistoric DRONE??
1st March 2016

Nice combination!
1st March 2016

....of course it is....
1st March 2016

Those are the horrors of war :( We haven't gotten any more civilized since then either :(

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