“Merrill’s Marauders,” as they were known, achieved major successes despite heavy losses. This week the last of the surviving Marauders died. Private First Class Russell Hamler died at the ...

The Marauders inspired a 1962 movie called "Merrill’s Marauders," and dozens of Marauders were awarded individual decorations after the war, from the Distinguished Service Cross to the Silver Star.

It's also the motto of the 5307th Composite Unit, also known as Unit Galahad or Merrill's Marauders. Merrill's Marauders was a special operations unit of the U.S. Army during World War II ...

Gabriel Kinney, who joined the Army at 21 in 1942 and later fought behind Japanese enemy lines in Burma as one of the famed Merrill’s Marauders, died Sunday in Hanceville, Ala. He was 101.

The Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to five veterans of the U.S. Army special operations unit known as Merrill’s Marauders, who fought in the China-Burma-Indian Theater during World War II.

Patterned after the Long Range Jungle Penetration groups formed by the British to harass Japanese forces in Burma, the unit would soon adopt the nickname “Merrill’s Marauders,” a nod to their popular ...

When the airfield was finally taken, three months later, only 130 able-bodied soldiers remained of the 2,600 who had crossed into Burma in 1944 with Merrill’s Marauders, a fabled unit that was ...

The reputed last member of the famed American jungle fighting unit in World War II nicknamed the Merrill’s Marauders has died. Russell Hamler, 99, died on Tuesday, his son Jeffrey said.