THIS WEEK MARKS
SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS
SINCE THE OFFICIAL END
OF
WORLD WAR TWO.
AN EVENT HAPPENING TODAY
WILL SHOW THE IMPACT NEW
MEXICO
SERVICEMEN HAD IN THE
FINAL MONTHS OF THE WAR.
THIS MORNING NEWS 13'S
JAMI SEYMORE GIVES US A
PREVIEW.
THIS WEEK MARKS THE 75TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE
JAPANESE SURRENDER AND
END OF WORLD WAR II -- A
WAR NEW MEXICO PLAYED A
BIG PART IN.
New Mexico, we had a
population of 500,000 in
the 1939/1940 timeframe.
About 500,000. 50,000
Americans
served in World War II.
FROM THE MANHATTAN
PROJECT AND TESTING OF
THE ATOMIC BOMBS
TO THE 1,800 NEW
MEXICANS WHO SUFFERED
THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH
--
THE STATE'S MILITARY
HISTORY IS ROOTED IN THE
WAR. TODAY, MAJOR
GENERAL KEN NAVA WILL
PRESENT A NEW
DOCUMENTARY, APOCALYPSE
45 ALONG WITH ITS
DIRECTOR.
We intend to help tell
New Mexico's military
history story. There's
so much to be told and
it's being lost.
THE EVENT IS HOSTED BY
SANTA FE'S CENTER FOR
CONTEMPORARY
ARTS AND THE NEW MEXICO
MILITARY MUSEUM.
It uses combat camera
footage and is narrated
by actual World War II
veterans. It's an
incredible
piece of work.
"if i could do it again
i would.
NAVA SAYS THE
DOCUMENTARY DOESN'T HIDE
THE HORRORS OF WAR,
BUT THOSE LOOKING TO GET
THE IMMERSIVE HISTORY
LESSON CAN
STREAM IT ONLINE.
NOW, DECADES LATER WITH
FEWER VETERANS STILL
AROUND TO TELL
THESE CRUCIAL STORIES OF
OUR HISTORY,
NAVA SAYS THE
ANNIVERSARY IS A GOOD
TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS
AND
LEARN ABOUT OUR STATE'S
WARTIME HISTORY. JAMI
SEYMORE, KRQE NEWS 13.
THE LIVE STREAMED EVENT
IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC.
WE HAVE A LINK ON OUR
WEBSITE KRQE DOT COM,
JUST LOOK UNDER THE
ALWAYS ON TAB.
LABOR DAY WEEKEND IS
ALMOST HERE AND
