Participants in the 26th annual Bataan Memorial Death

Participants in the 26th annual Bataan Memorial Death March gather during the opening ceremony at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 22, 2015. The Bataan Memorial Death March was created to honor the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops who sacrificed their freedom, health and in many cases their lives to defend Luzon, Corregidor and harbor defense forts of the Philippines in 1942 during World War ll. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. E’Lysia A. Wray/Released)