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white sands missile range bat aan memorial death march march 19, 2017 Anniversary “Remember the Sacrifice”

s p o n s o r s h i p i n f o r m a t i o n www.bataanmarch.com Marchers Comments ~ This event is bigger than the pain About Corporate Sponsorship I feel in my feet, it’s about honoring those who served. Corporate Sponsorship Opportuni- 27th Annual Bataan Memorial Death March ties are available for the 28th Annual ~ I will never forget how proud it Bataan Memorial Death March on 19 made me feel of our Military. March 2017. The complete event held ~ Sunday morning was unforgettable, at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico is a total of three days of activi- with the sun coming up, the flags ties that culminates on Sunday with the waving, and surrounded by 10,000+ 26.2 mile march. people who are proud to be Americans The Bataan Memorial Death March and not ashamed to show it. People is a patriotic event that commemorates who knew just how important it is the Bataan Death March that occurred to say “thank you” – by action not in the Philippines in 1942, and pays just words. The most touching part tribute to Bataan Veterans for the sacri- was at the very start when one of the fices they made while defending Luzon, Corregidor and the harbor defense Survivors stood in the middle of the forts of the Philippines during World road, shook my hand and said thank Photo By Sgt. Jessica Littlejohn War II. The 26.2 mile (or the shorter 24th Press Camp Headquarters you to me! The course is fabulous. 14.2 mile) memorial march throughout The “sand pit” was everything it was the sandy and mountainous Chihua- cracked up to be … Thanks for one of huan Desert terrain located on White Sands Missile Range is a challenge for Photo By Senior Airman Harry Brexel the best races I’ve ever participated in. March with Purpose young and old alike. 19th Airlift Wing ~ The event was unforgettable, but The Family and MWR Marketing compared to the original survivors, I Office invites you to become an official Thousands Remember accomplished nothing... sponsor of the 28th Annual Bataan Memorial Death March. By becom- Family and MWR also offers advertising ing an Army commercial sponsor, you opportunities in the event brochure (en- allow Family and MWR to help make closed for your information is last year’s Bataan Is Never Forgotten event brochure) or on the official Bataan White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico this event much more memorable and Nueva Ecija to Camp O’Donnell, a prison National Guard joined in sponsorship. allow us to continue to provide high Memorial Death March web site located is the host of the 28th Annual Bataan camp, in the scorching heat thru the Phil- at www.bataanmarch.com. Additional Since its inception in 1989, the Bataan quality of life programs to the military Memorial Death March on the weekend ippine jungles. These prisoners of war information regarding advertising spon- Memorial Death March has grown from personnel and their families, while of 19 March 2017. The purpose of this were beaten randomly and denied food providing your business the visibility sorship is also provided in the enclosed march is to honor and remember this about 100 to over 12,000 marchers, pages. Photo By Airman 1st Class James Crow and water for several days. Those who and face-to-face contact it needs in the 3rd Combat Camera Squadron spectators and volunteers from across special group of heroes who were forced fell behind were executed. Thousands ever-changing military market. Please To assure that your commercial spon- to march as P.O.W.s in 1942 under the the world, all honoring the Bataan vet- Top:More than 12,000 military members, civil- died. Those who survived faced the hard- see the pages listing the various sponsorship or advertising receives the most ians, volunteers and veterans gather to honor erans. While the march is still a military worst of conditions. ships of a prisoner of war camp. Others sorship and advertising opportunities impact for your dollars, please contact World War II survivors. event, many civilians and athletes come that are available. These brave Soldiers were responsible were wounded or killed when unmarked Mark Vest (575)-674-4205 or email Bottom: A New Mexico ROTC student holds a to White Sands Missile Range to take the [email protected]. enemy ships transporting prisoners of Battling Bastards of Bataan flag. for the defense of the islands of Luzon, challenge and honor these veterans. Corregidor and the harbor defense forts war to Japan were sunk by U.S. air and of the Philippines. The conditions they naval forces. Marchers come to this memorial event Details on the March The BLUE route is 14.2 miles in length. for many reasons — personal challenge, This shorter march is designed for par- encountered and the aftermath of the The Bataan Memorial Death March the spirit of competition or to foster The Bataan Memorial Death March is ticipates who would like to memorialize battle were horrific. They fought in a ma- is designed to honor this special group esprit de corps in their unit. Some march an active history lesson and a true test of Bataan but do not wish to march the full laria-infested region, surviving on half or of heroes. Many of those who come to in honor of a family member or a particu- endurance. Marchers choose between 26.2-mile route. There are NO awards quarter rations with little or no medical honor are also war veterans from Iraq lar veteran who was in the Bataan Death two routes. given for this shorter march. help. They fought with outdated equip- and Afghanistan. There is also a special March or was taken a prisoner of war by The GREEN route is the full 26.2-mile ment and virtually no air power. team of Wounded Warriors that comes From the start line the route proceeds the Japanese in the Philippines. Bataan Memorial Death March. Marchers On April 9th 1942, roughly 75,000 Fili- to honor those that endured these great on paved roads, dirt trails and sand trails. can choose to participate in the heavy pino and U.S. Soldiers were surrendered hardships as prisoners of war. The March is a real CHALLENGE with In addition to the endurance challenge, the 26.2 mile route that starts on White category that requires you to carry a pack to the Japanese forces. The Americans In 1989, the Army ROTC Department of there are two extremely challenging parts Sands Missile Range’s main post, crosses that weighs more than 35 lbs. Those were Army, Army Air Corp, Navy and New Mexico State University had the first of the route. The first is a 1400 foot ele- dusty and hilly desert terrain, circles a marching the 26.2 miles will be able Marines. Among those seized were mem- memorial march to mark a page in histo- vation climb. The second area is known as small mountain and returns to the main to experience, in part, what Soldiers bers of the 200th Coast Artillery, New ry that included so many native sons and the “Sand Pit,” featuring deep sand. But, post through sandy desert trails and endured during their long forced trek Mexico National Guard. affected families in the state. In 1992, be aware, the dirt trails elsewhere along washes. The elevation ranges from about through the Philippines. The prisoners were forced to march the march was moved to White Sands the route can be sandy and dusty as well. 4,100 to 5,300 feet. Photo By Airman 1st Class James Crow approximately 100 kilometers north to Missile Range and the New Mexico State 3rd Combat Camera Squadron Demographics of the March Participants Reach of the Bataan

Who comes to the Bataan Memorial Death March? Schedule of Events

Over the past 24 years, the Bataan GENDER OF MARCHERS Thursday Memorial Death March has grown im- AGE RANGE OF MARCHERS Male - 65.64% mensely. In 2016, we had an attendance Marchers Begin Arriving at White Sands of over 6,500 marchers, 4,000 spectators, 19 years old & younger -7.31% Female - 34.36% and 1,600 volunteers and workers. Add to 20 - 29 years old - 22.53% Friday that our web followers, and your advertising and sponsorship has the opportu- 30 - 39 years old - 24.70% 9 am to 9 pm - Marchers In-processing nity to reach hundreds of thousands of 40 - 49 years old - 21.60% All Day - Misc. Bataan Activities people. 50 - 59 years old - 15.28% 7 pm - FREE Movie The Bataan March has representation Female 60 years old & older - 9.74% from all demographics. We had participants from 47 states and many countries Saturday overseas, including the United Kingdom, Male 6:30 to 10 am - Welcome Breakfast Germany and Japan. < 19 > 60 9 am to 9 pm - Marchers 50-59 20 - 29 In-processing 40-49 30-39 Photo By Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker All Day - Misc. Bataan Activities Holloman Air Force Base Public Affairs 2:30 pm - Historical Seminar Each year applications are sent to all PAST MEDIA COVERAGE Sponsored by NMSU ROTC military installations through military The Pentagon Channel TV chain of command and the recreational 3:30 pm - Meet the Bataan POWs CNN Headline News channels to reach the maximum military 4:30 to 8 pm - Pasta Buffet and Department of Defense personnel. 60 Minutes USE ONLINE REGISTRATION (naming sponsorship available) POST MARCH SPONSOR RECALL - 65% In addition, the Commanding General of Mens Health Magazine 100% of the Marchers registered White Sands Missile Range sends chal- online for the 2016 event. The #1 URL Marchers from 2016 were successfully Runners World Magazine Sunday used for referral to registration site able to recall one or more names of the lenge letters to general officers in the Outside Magazine was www.bataanmarch.com for the event sponsors on the follow up survey. Army. Letters of invitation are also sent 6 am - Marchers Report to Start Area 2016 event. to our embassies all over the world. In Sports Illustrated Magazine 6:30 am - Opening Ceremony BMDM WEBSITE VIEWS 2016, we had military representation Soldiers Magazine (JULY 2015 to JULY 2016) - 486,446 from numerous states and nations over- 7 am - Bataan Memorial Death March FACEBOOK LIKES - 16,277 seas. ESPN Magazine Start Photo By Staff Sgt. Gregory Sanders 10:30 am to 8:30 pm - Bataan Meal 85th Civil Affairs Brigade Many friends and family of our partici- The Las Cruces Sun-News (naming sponsorship available) pants come out to support this commem- The El Paso Times 3 pm - Recognition Ceremony orative event. In addition, many people The Albuquerque Journal interested in the patriotism of the event also attend. The Albuquerque Tribune 4.23% The Alamogordo Daily News 2.55% KVIA TV, El Paso 6.17% 3.92% KTSM TV, El Paso 13.29% KOAT TV, Albuquerque Most Memorable... WFAA TV, Dallas What was the most memorable aspect 35.71% of the Bataan Memorial Death March? 26.10% KPNX TV, Phoenix 9.06% Marathon Magazine “ The fellowship that was present in the marchers, volunteers, staff, medi- Marathon & Beyond Magazine cal team, and vendors. No one was a Armed Forces Network Radio Stations stranger along the route. The route was OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL U.S. = 0.28% Various Military Newspapers World Wide challenging and worthwhile.” Photo By Spc. AuraSklenicka Participation figures based on 2016 Bataan Memorial Death March Photo By Spc. AuraSklenicka 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division ... And Many More! which Disabled Sports USA was involved warriors to complete in order to do the in the 1980s show that a double above- mountain climbs. The event is perfect Sponsorship/Advertising Opportunities the-knee amputee like Ian expends 200 because it is an extreme event that Presenting Sponsor (one available) - $30,000 Silver Sponsor - $6,000 percent to 300 percent more energy tests the human body, especially for -Event Title Naming Rights “March Presented By Your Brand” -Indoor Booth space at the 2 day in-processing including: product conducting the same activity as a amputees. -Brand Recognition on all press releases info, rights for sampling, giveaways, display and more! non-disabled person. This means that In 2005, when the wounded warriors -1 Team Registration (or 5 Individual Registrations, provide partici- -Internet ad for 6 months he had to train for two or three Bataan approached Bataan organizers about pant info by 30 December 2016) -Program book half page ad marches to make it through the course. doing the grueling march, there were -Indoor Booth space at the event for 2 days including: product -Logo inclusion on all publicity, ads, posters, programs and flyers And he did it without the help of walk- some people who thought the course, information, rights for sampling, giveaways, display and more! -1 Banner placement on Bataan March day ing aides like walking sticks or fore arm especially the high altitude and sinking -Internet ad for 12 months crutches. As an above-the-knee ampu- Bronze Sponsor - $4,000 sand would be just too much of an -Program Book Full Page Advertisement tee, I always use walking sticks when -Indoor Booth space at the 2 day in-processing including: product obstacle for amputees. -Logo inclusion on all publicity, ads, posters, programs and flyers info, rights for sampling, giveaways, display and more! hiking and could not really do that ac- -Logo inclusion on all T-shirts (approximately 10,000 T-shirts) -Internet ad for 6 months tivity without them. So the fact that Ian “We welcomed the wounded warriors -Product/Flyer Inclusion in the Registration Packets -Program book quarter page ad was able to do so attests to his efforts at to participate, but we never thought -5 Banner placements for entire Bataan weekend (4 days) getting extremely fit and strong.” we would see them achieve the goals -6 Tickets to Pasta Buffet Additional Advertising Opportunities they have accomplished,” said Steve Bauer is a combat veteran who lost his -6 VIP seats for Opening Ceremony & Recognition Ceremony Zagar, WSMR Director of Family and Property/Activity Naming Rights: By Erin Dorrance, WSMR PAO leg when he was hit by a grenade in -6 Tickets for Bataan March Meal Morale, Welfare, Recreation. “They con- Amputee uses inspiration to 1969 while deployed fighting in the Water Point Title (Along the Route -Limited Availability) tinue to amaze us every year with their Diamond Sponsor - $30,000 complete Bataan March Vietnam War. He was awarded two -Title Rights, Brand Acknowledgement & 1 Banner Display strength, determination and positive -1 Team Registration (or 5 Individual Registrations, provide par- Bronze Stars for heroism and is the re- cost: $3,000 The first person to step over the start attitudes.” ticipant info by 30 December 2016) In-processing Indoor Booth Display (Limited Availability, line at the 27th Annual Bataan Memorial cipient of the Purple Heart. While Bauer -Indoor Booth space at the event for 2 days including: product Friday - Saturday) Death March was the last person to finish. underwent seven operations in one year “White Sands Missile Range has rolled information, rights for sampling, giveaways, display and more! -Indoor Booth space at the 2 day in-processing including: product Kirk Bauer, an above-the-knee amputee and painful physical therapy, he started out the red carpet for us wounded -Internet ad for 12 months info, rights for sampling, giveaways, display and more! began the march at about 7:25 a.m. to give up hope. But one weekend he warriors and the event is something -Program Book Full Page Advertisement cost: $3,000 and endured 26.2 miles of sinking sand, went skiing, a favorite past time, and his that we all look forward to every year,” -Logo inclusion on all publicity, ads, posters, programs and flyers Print Advertising rolling hills and the chill of night when he hope was restored. He returned back said Bauer. “Bataan is a goal for wound- -Logo inclusion on all T-shirts (approximately 10,000 T-shirts) Program Book Advertising: (7,500 Printed) crossed the finish line at approximate- to physical therapy with a new goal of ed warriors in physical therapy. Training -Product/Flyer Inclusion in the Registration Packets Full Page – placed within brochure cost: $2,000 ly 10 p.m. White Sands Missile Range getting strong enough to do all of the for Bataan puts them into overdrive be- -4 Banner placements for entire Bataan weekend (4 days) Half Page – placed within brochure cost: $1,300 leadership and a group of 30 volunteers sports he loved to do before his injury. cause they now have a goal to achieve. Quarter Page – placed within brochure cost: $650 -5 Tickets to Pasta Buffet and fans cheered him in as the course of- Disabled Sports USA was the charity by Once they complete Bataan, many of -5 VIP seats for Opening Ceremony & Recognition Ceremony Digital Advertising ficially closed down behind him. The 2016 his side to facilitate that goal. them are ready to return to active duty -5Tickets for Bataan March Meal or return back home to go to school or (Janus Display & Bowling Center Monitors) Bataan was 68-year-old Bauer’s eighth Today, as the executive director of Dis- continue their lives post injury.” Platinum Sponsor - $20,000 cost: 1 year $1,000 each Bataan Memorial Death March. abled Sports USA, Bauer is able to mo- -Naming Rights to weekend event of your choice - eg: “Pasta Website Advertising “I hit a wall twice,” said Bauer. “First at tivate thousands of wounded warriors Editor’s Note: Disabled Sports USA Buffet Presented By Your Brand” (www.bataanmarch.com & Bataan Facebook) mile 16 and then again at mile 21, but to complete their physical therapy and participates in the Combined Federal -3 Individual Registrations (provide participant info by Three Months cost: $400 each I kept going because I knew I had to then adapt sports to warriors with dis- Campaign (CFC #10151). The combined 30 December 2016) Six Months cost: $750 each finish. Everyone who does Bataan has abilities so they can develop indepen- administration and fundraising costs Twelve Months cost: $1,400 each -Indoor Booth space at the event for 2 days including: product someone who inspires them. For me this dence, confidence and fitness through for the organization are 11.8 percent. information, rights for sampling, giveaways, display and more! (www.whitesands.armymwr.com & MWR Facebook) year, it was Retired Army Sgt. Ian Parkin- participation in community sports, -Internet ad for 12 months Three Months cost: $300 each son.” recreation and educational programs. Six Months cost: $600 each Bauer said his organization, headquar- Family and MWR Marketing -Program Book Full Page Advertisement Parkinson was an infantryman who was Twelve Months cost: $1,000 each tered near Washington D.C. with 124 -Logo inclusion on all publicity, ads, posters, programs and flyers deployed to Afghanistan in 2011 when and Commercial Sponsorship chapters in 42 states, offers severely -Logo inclusion on approximately 10,000 T-shirts an improvised explosive device took PO Box 400 Marcher Packet Distribution injured veterans more than 30 sports to -Product/Flyer Inclusion in the Registration Packets both of his legs one day when he was -The Bataan Memorial March committee will include your include skiing, snowboarding, biking, White Sands Missile Range -4 Banner Placements for entire Bataan weekend (4 days) returning from a patrol, Bauer said. He product in the registration packets given to all marchers during scuba diving, surfing, rock climbing, New Mexico 88002 -4 Tickets to Pasta Buffet in-processing. Must have a minimum of 7,500 items delivered endured 24 surgeries and two years of archery, equestrian and water skiing. -4 VIP seats for Opening Ceremony & Recognition Ceremony before 1 March 2017 intense physical therapy to learn how to Phone: 575.674.4205 cost: $1,200 Gold Sponsor - $10,000 walk again using prosthetics. Parkinson One of Bauer’s favorite sports is moun- Fax: 575.678.1976 Other opportunities in additional events on WSMR is one of over 10,000 wounded warriors tain climbing and he was privileged to [email protected] -Indoor Booth space for 2 days at In-processing including: product -Stars and Stripes Celebration, Org Day, First Day of School Hol- and family members served by Disabled lead a team of amputee veterans on a information, rights for sampling, giveaways, display and more! Sports USA’s Warfighter Sports rehabil- successful summit of Mount Kilimanjaro www.bataanmarch.com -Internet ad for 12 months iday, Thanks Team WSMR and many other events being held on White Sands Missile Range. itation program of which Bauer is the in 2010 at 19,341 feet, which is the high- -Program Book Full Page Advertisement est mountain in Africa. In 2015, he led an -Logo inclusion on all publicity, ads, posters, programs and flyers In Kind Contributions (That can be used for cash value executive director for the charity. all-wounded veteran team up to Mount -Product/Flyer Inclusion in the Registration Packets sponsorship) “I am not sure the ordinary marcher Aconcagua, which is 23,000 feet, and is -2 Banner placements on Bataan March day -Items that we would like you to consider are fruit, paper understands what physical effort the the tallest mountain in South America. Make checks payable to: -2 Tickets to Pasta Buffet products, soft drinks, sport drinks, energy bars, chapstick or Bataan Memorial Death March entails -2 VIP seats for Opening Ceremony & Recognition Ceremony advertisments opportunities. for these warriors,” said Bauer. “Studies in Bauer said Bataan is a qualifier for IMWRF-RU-53-9G-553 -2 Tickets for Bataan March Meal BATAAN IS NEVER FORGOTTEN! In 1942, during WWII, 11,796 American Soldiers were forced to march for days in the scorching heat through the Philippine jungles. Thousands died. The survivors faced the hardships as prisoners of war.

Annually in March, thousands of people come from all over the world to honor these heroic service members who sacrificed their freedom, health and in many cases, their very lives. REMEMBER THE SACRIFICE!