1+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1592+ words) For decades, Navajo Code Talkers and their descendants have dreamed of an expansive museum on the Navajo Nation that would educate the public about the complex code they developed using their language, credited with helping secure Allied victory in World…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (615+ words) The Flying Legends of Victory Tour brings the historic B-17 flying fortress “Sentimental Journey” to Albuquerque. The Commemorative Air Force is taking two airplanes, a B-17 and a B-25, on its Flying Legends of Victory Tour. The B-17, known as “Sentimental…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (237+ words) New Mexicans of all ages turned out Monday to pay respects to military members who were killed in the line of duty. A parade was held along Gibson Boulevard as participants made their way to the New Mexico Veterans Memorial,…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1538+ words) Albuquerque's Col. Harry Peck kept a secret diary during his 3½ years as a Japanese POW after the fall of Bataan, chronicling the Death March, brutal prison camps and his eventual return home....

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (181+ words) On April 9, 1942, the main U.S. and Filipino forces on the Bataan Peninsula surrendered, and more than 47,000 of the surviving, starving and disease-plagued U.S. and Filipino defenders of Bataan embarked on the 65-mile Bataan Death March. During this trek, 16,450 men died, and the…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (390+ words) Editor’s note: The Journal continues its Centennial Sundays series with a look at how the Journal covered World War II and the crucial roles New Mexico and New Mexicans played at the front and at home. New Mexicans played key…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (28+ words) Learn how Navajo Code Talkers from New Mexico used their traditional language to transmit coded messages that proved essential in winning World War II battles, including Iwo Jima....

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (211+ words) Albuquerque resident Col. Harry Peck — who led the 515th Coast Artillery in the Philippines, then survived more than three years of imprisonment — kept a diary in the form of letters to his wife. The Journal published multiple excerpts beginning in November…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (599+ words) SANTA FE — U.S. Army Cpl. Richard Veal is back home in New Mexico. On Friday his remains were interred at the Santa Fe National Cemetery, more than 80 years after he died in the Pacific during World War II. “I’m just…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (312+ words) The movie “Oppenheimer” has opened to mostly rave reviews, with one film critic saying, “scientific and historical accuracy are key. Fortunately for fans of both, ‘Oppenheimer’ delivers in telling the truth.” But those attending Saturday’s Peace Festival at Roosevelt Park…...