A group of South Dakota National Guard Soldiers gather before the start of the 26th Annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, , March 22, 2015. Eight members of the SDARNG marched in the event that 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. Pictured from left to right are: Staff Sgt. Mark Poncelet, 211th Engineer Company, Sgt. Ryan Dannon, 211th Engineer Com
A group of South Dakota National Guard Soldiers gather before the start of the 26th Annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, , March 22, 2015. Eight members of the SDARNG marched in the event that 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. Pictured from left to right are: Staff Sgt. Mark Poncelet, 211th Engineer Company, Sgt. Ryan Dannon, 211th Engineer Company, Madison; Staff Sgt. Louis du Randt, 211th Engineer Company, Staff Sgt. Shawn Dempsey, 153rd Engineer Battalion, Huron, and Sgt. Katherina Schaefer, 842nd Engineer Company, Spearfish. SD Guard members march to push themselves, honor the fallen 150322-Z-TD212-076
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