BRAINERD — History always teaches us something, if we listen. “And a good way to learn, whether it be history or anything else — if the subject lends itself to it — is storytelling,” said John ...

The last surviving veteran of two New Mexico National Guard regiments associated with the World War II Battle of Bataan is to be buried Monday in Santa Fe. Valdemar DeHerrera Sr., of Costilla, N.M., ...

Section I. Fighting on Bataan. The war is on ; The billion dollar Christmas tree ; Many pilots and no airplanes ; The last days in Bataan ; The Death March -- Section II. Death's prison camps. Camp ...

TAOS — As a young man, Valdemar DeHerrera rarely traveled anywhere outside his family’s ranch in Costilla. All that changed after he received a notice saying he was drafted into the military. He was ...