Text for an article published in the August 2002 issue of Texas Highways magazine about the history of El Paso and sights to see around the town.

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Hotel Cortez, in El Paso, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Abel Ortega. Ortega was drafted into the Army in March, 1941 and was in the Philippines by November. Ortega was with a tank battalion on Luzon and recalls the retreat to and subsequent surrender on Bataan. Ortega also recalls how his Christian faith served him, and others around him, during captivity. He describes his experiences on the Bataan Death March. Ortega remained in the Philippines for over two years before being shipped to Japan to perform more slave labor. After the war, Ortega was repatriated and describes his return home to his parents.