Memorial marathon eternalizes Bataan Death March

Participants of the 22nd Annual Bataan Memorial Death March imprint their footprints on the 26.2-mile desert trail March 27, 2011, at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The event, attended by a record number of more than 6,000 marchers, commemorates the original Bataan Death March which occurred in the Philippines during World War II. On April 9, 1942, 75,000 Army, Army Air Corps, Navy, Marines and Filipino soldiers were surrendered to Japanese forces. Forced to march 60 miles in the sweltering heat through the Philippine jungles, thousands of soldiers died in transit to prisoner-of-war camps. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Joshua Turner)

Memorial marathon eternalizes Bataan Death March

A participant of the 22nd Annual Bataan Memorial Death March holds a flag March 27, 2011 during a moment of silence at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Three remaining survivors attended the opening ceremony. The event, attended by a record number of more than 6,000 marchers, commemorated the original Bataan Death March, which occurred in the Philippines during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Joshua Turner)

VCSAF describes airpower's key role in Pacific at Tinian symposium

Lt. Col. Richard Pagliuco drops a 20th Air Force coin in the pit used to load atomic bombs onto B-29 Superfortresses at the end of World War II, shortly before a wreath-laying ceremony Aug. 6, 2010, in Tinian, Commonwealth of Northern Northern Mariana Islands. Local officials invited him and a 509th Bomb Wing representative to place unit coins in the bomb pit during a commemoration of Tinian's role in World War II. Colonel Pagliuco is the 20th Air Force deputy director of operations at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Sam Highley)

VCSAF describes airpower's key role in Pacific at Tinian symposium

Capt. Ron Poe climbs into the pit used to load atomic bombs onto B-29 Superfortresses at the end of World War II, while Lt. Col. Richard Pagliuco prepares to follow him, shortly before a wreath-laying ceremony Aug. 6, 2010, in Tinian, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. Both were invited by local officials to place unit coins in the bomb pit during a commemoration of Tinian's role in World War II. Colonel Pagliuco is the 20th Air Force deputy director of operations at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., and Captain Poe is the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Maintenance Unit officer in charge at Whiteman AFB, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Sam Highley)

Seven WWII Airmen buried at Arlington National Cemetery

Soldiers from The Old Guard prepare to fold two American flags that were draped over two caskets containing the remains of seven Airmen who died in Burma in 1944 July 15, 2010 at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. (DOD photo/Michael Tolzmann)

Seven WWII Airmen buried at Arlington National Cemetery

Soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, carry a casket containing the remains of six Airmen, who died during World War II in Burma July 15, 2010 at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. (DOD photo/Michael Tolzmann)