A death march survivor, Montana native Ben Steele spent the next 40 months in prison camps on a hell ship, ... Then all but two of the 72 drawings he completed from 1943 to 1945 were lost at sea.

A drawing of the Bataan Death March, by Montana artist Ben Steele KTVQ “Dad used to deliver art supplies to Will James, who was a loner, but he liked dad,” Jorgenson said.

There are precious few living survivors of one of the most unspeakably cruel episodes in the history of modern warfare -- the Bataan Death March. Steele, 92, is one of them.

White Sands Missile Range took over the memorial march in 1992 along with the New Mexico National Guard. Participants complete either a 14.2-mile or 26.2-mile course on the sandy, desert land at WSMR.

In this 2015 photo, Ben Steele poses for a photo. Steele, a Bataan Death March survivor, artist and educator died in Montana. He was 98. (Hannah Potes / Billings Gazette via AP) ...