They have an annual Bataan Memorial Walk (or run?) in the White Sands area in New Mexico, I believe...I have relatives down there and I've thought of trying to train for it, but the climate is so much different than where I live - I don't know if I could possibly prepare for it. (I have been to the Bataan Memorial Museum in Santa Fe, and I would recommend it if you get the opportunity.)
I believe they all deserve to be welcomed home too - each and every one of them. I guess my problem is that when a plane lands in the United States carrying multiple POWs and the FNC caption says, "Pfc. Jessica Lynch Returns Home" or some such thing, I have to wonder why that sort of thing exists to the exclusion of all the others.
What pettiness.
Thank you for mentioning that book that impacted you so much. I will be going out in the next week and look it up in the library. It's time I get to know my grandfather in a way I wasn't to sure about exploring before. Thank you again.