Merrill's Marauders, officially the 5307th Composite Unit, trekked nearly 1,000 miles through Burma's unforgiving jungle in 1944. Fighting behind Japanese lines with only what they could carry — and ...
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 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 ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The reputed last ...