{"id":81480,"date":"2018-08-29T10:24:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T14:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=81480"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:34:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:34:11","slug":"the-last-reunion-for-merrills-marauders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=81480","title":{"rendered":"The Last Reunion for Merrill\u2019s Marauders"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s the last reunion for members of the famed U.S. Army jungle fighters called Merrill\u2019s Marauders. Three thousand volunteered for a dangerous secret mission during World War II \u2014 a mission so secret they weren\u2019t told even where they were going.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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They hacked their way through nearly 1,000 miles (1600 kilometers) of jungle behind enemy lines in Myanmar, then called Burma, fighting in five major and 30 minor actions against veteran Japanese troops.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“This is the last of the outfit,” said David Allen of Rock Hill, South Carolina.<\/p>\n

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The unit won a Presidential Unit Citation, six Distinguished Service Crosses, four Legions of Merit, 44 Silver Stars and a Bronze Star for every man in the regiment. Their shoulder patch was adopted by the 1st Battalion of the 75th Infantry Ranger Regiment. And their families are pushing a pair of bills to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Merrill’s Marauders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A war correspondent created the nickname, after Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill, because the formal name was a mouthful, according to the 2013 history “Merrill’s Marauders: The Untold Story of Unit Galahad and the Toughest Special Forces Mission of World War II.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

If you find time, read the whole article HERE.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

There are several good documentaries about them.<\/p>\n