Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the grounds of an elementary school in a small Philippine town, the fuse was lit on one of the worst war crimes of the 20th ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 7—An Episcopal priest who died in a Japanese prison camp during World War II will be remembered during services at 5 p.m.

TAOS — Costilla native Valdemar DeHerrera, one of the last surviving New Mexico veterans who fought in the Battle of Bataan during World War II, has seen Northern New Mexico ebb and flow over the ...

A New Mexico National Guard unit that lost half of its soldiers in the Philippines and Alaska Natives who endured the only Japanese occupation of U.S. soil in World War II may soon be honored with a ...

More than 1,800 New Mexicans fought the Japanese army in the Battle of Bataan in the Philippines. In the end, after the infamous 65-mile Bataan Death March and years in prisoner of war camps, 813 of ...

QUESTA — There are some things a man never forgets, even if — like Valdemar DeHerrera — he lives to be a 105. Things such as surviving on grasshoppers and monkey meat, working hard and being beaten if ...

BRAINERD — The second installment of Lakeland PBS’ local military story initiative premieres on Veteran’s Day. However, community members are invited to Central Lakes College in Brainerd for an early ...

Balanga, Philippines (CNN) — On the grounds of an elementary school in a small Philippine town, the fuse was lit on one of the worst war crimes of the 20th century while at the same time setting in ...