Honduras commemorates 50th anniversary of '100 hours war' with El Salvador At the southern entrance to Ocotepeque, at the monument to the military and civilians who died in the war, surivors prepare to mark the 50th anniversary of the "Hundred Hours" war which began on July 14, 1969 and left between 4,000 to 6,000 civilians and military dead. The armed conflict led to the exodus of civilians, the loss of crops, the rupture of the Central American Common Market and the separation of families who, depending on the nationality of the father or mother, were left on either side of the border. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES