A movie that honors a famous, highly decorated World War II unit headlines as “They Volunteered for This: Merrill’s Marauders.” Yet, this barnstorming band of brothers, a top-secret, commando force ...

Fairhope, Ala. (WKRG) — A veteran of one of the most acclaimed voluntary forces in World War Two was recently the recipient of a National Honor. As one of the few surviving members of Merrill’s ...

The late Ed “Bud” Ammon, one of the Merrill’s Marauders who served in Burma during World War II, received a Silver Star for gallantry in action for his heroic efforts to rescue an injured soldier ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veterans of a top-secret U.S. Army unit that fought behind enemy lines in the jungles of Burma in World War II will finally receive the recognition they deserve, due to ...

Exactly why the ordinary-looking bridge that carries Everett Turnpike traffic over the Souhegan River at the Nashua-Merrimack line would become the favorite of a retired U.S. Army officer who, for ...

Hamler was the last living Marauder, the daughter of a late former Marauder, Jonnie Melillo Clasen, told Stars and Stripes. Hamler had been living in the Pittsburgh area. In 2022, the Marauders ...

The foot soldiers marched and fought through harsh mountainous jungle on a mission to seize a Japanese-held airfield. Dozens did not survive. By Trip Gabriel The soldiers’ mission was as dangerous as ...

In the China-Burma-India theater, the US formed the 5307th Composite Unit as a semi-guerrilla strike force meant to outmarch and outflank Japan’s veteran formations. Merrill’s Marauders marched ...

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