.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. “New Mexico in World War II” is kind of a scrapbook. It’s rich with archival wartime-era photographs. The black-and-white images touch on the diverse roles residents played, whether in uniform, as civilians, on the battlefront, behind the lines or on the homefront. The text gives the reader explanations of topics in accompanying images.
Archival photo of midget Japanese submarine, captured at Pearl Harbor, moving down Albuquerque’s Central Avenue as part of a drive for war bonds to finance America’s war effort. (Albuquerque Museum)
The first chapter is about the infamous Bataan Death March in 1942 in the Philippines. Many New Mexican soldiers died of torture, starvation and tropical diseases while under siege in Bataan province, during the march and later in hellish Japanese prisoner-of-war camps.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham revved up her campaign for reelection in 2022 with an opening rally at an outdoor museum amphitheater, where the sound of protesters just outside threatened to drown out a series of public speakers.
Inside, the rally displayed a unified front in support of the governor among top Democratic elected officials, from Attorney General Hector Balderas to the two top ranked legislators in the state House and Senate. Aside from members of her Cabinet, other prominent Democrats and some Native American leaders, the venue never filled up and many seats were left empty.
A few dozen protesters gathered outside the Albuquerque Museum and took aim at Lujan Grisham’s mask mandate and pandemic-related public health orders. A sign said, “Governor, we are not your subjects.”