MEMORIAL MARCH Two of 86 soldiers and civilians participate in the 12th Annual Bataan Memorial March on Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq, May 10, 2009. The annual event honors veterans who were victims of the original Bataan Death March, a war crime in which 78,000 individuals were forced to march over 55 miles from the Bataan Peninsula to Camp O'Donnell, where they would be held as prisoners of war following the surrender of Allied Forces. SHARE: Download: Full Size (0.06 MB) Credit: VIRIN: 831343-X-FVM92-599.jpg Photo Gallery