New Mexicans in the War by Ashleigh and Diego

              New Mexicans had a small, but a huge part in the war. 18,000 New Mexicans had gone to Bataan and 9,000 had come back to the U.S. The New Mexicans had faced the same problems that the normal American Troops had as well. These Problems had been lack of food, ammunition, out date weapons, and diseases. Nick Chintis cried " It wasn't from fear--it was from humiliation." They felt if they had surrendered they would've let there country down. The American Survivors had been treated horribly walking to the north called the Bataan Death March. The American Troops had been killed, beaten, and abused throughout the March. Once they had arrived they had been treated at the O'Donnell Camp they had been feed rice with Maggots, and "Whistle-weed" soup. They had faced the same treatment along the march there to the POW camp.
                Later on once the POWs had been shipped to a different camp in Death Ships they had the same treatment as the camp, but some had been fired on by submarines and had died. When the Americans had arrived they had a little better treatment then at Camp O'Donnell. After the Bomb had been dropped in Hiroshima  and the War had ended, the troops where drooped food. Then later the New Meicans that fought in the war had been transported to the US. The New Mexicans had been welcomed with open arms and had a Memorial Built in Santa Fe. The National Guard each year celebrates April 9th as Bataan Day,  which is the day of surrender of Bataan.