Long before the Army's elite Green Berets were formed, there were Merrill's Marauders -- a special infantry force created during World War II to move long distances, through dense jungle and over ...

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 ...

PITTSBURG — On the 75th anniversary of the “Merrill’s Marauders” top-secret World War II mission in Burma, Gilbert Howland, 95, one of 13 of the members still living, returned to Camp Stoneman for the ...

As one of Merrill’s Marauders, Juan R. Zepeda, who died April 25 at 94, survived one of the most brutal and least-known missions of World War II. Volunteering to join the 5307th Composite Unit ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. (Aug. 6, 2014) -- Governors from throughout the United States are honoring World War II Merrill's Marauders on the 70th anniversary of their unit disbanding by proclaiming Aug. 10 as ...

Robert E. Passanisi, who as a 17-year-old doctored his birth certificate in 1942 so that he could join the Army and ended up in Burma as one of Merrill’s Marauders, died on Tuesday at his home in ...

BALLSTON SPA >> All 3,000 members of Merrill’s Marauders, a special-forces type jungle warfare unit, earned the Bronze Star for heroism and meritorious service deep behind Japanese lines during World ...

Merrill’s Marauders were sent deep behind Japanese lines in Burma to disrupt the enemy’s rear areas and help reopen the route to China. Surrounded on Nhpum Ga—later called Maggot Hill—they survived ...

Raleigh Nayes, 99, died Thursday in Chippewa Falls, Wis., just one day after the Army veteran had received the Congressional Gold Medal for his role in fighting with the famed Merrill’s Marauders in ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — 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 ...

Tom Brokaw narrates the tale of the most heroic and least talked about units in WWII. A film focusing on one of World War II’s most heroic and least talked about units, Merrill's Marauders. Legendary ...

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 ...