Merrill’s Marauders (named after Frank Merrill) or Unit Galahad, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), was a United States Army long...
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the nonfiction book The Marauders, written by Charlton Ogburn Jr., a communications officer who served with Merrill's Marauders. Filmed on location in...
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Dow Merrill (December 4, 1903 – December 11, 1955) was a United States Army general and is best remembered for his command of Merrill's Marauders, officially...
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film The Marauders (1955 film), starring Dan Duryea Marauders (1986 film) Starship Troopers 3: Marauder, a 2008 direct-to-DVD film Marauders (2016 film)...
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75th Ranger Regiment (section Merrill's Marauders)
by Brigadier General Frank Merrill, to commemorate its companion Chinese Expeditionary Force (Burma), Merrill's Marauders put the sun from the National...
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3rd Ranger Battalion (section Merrill’s Marauders)
Battalion draws lineage from is the 5307 Provisional Unit, also called Merrill's Marauders. This unit was consolidated 10 August 1944 with Company F, 475th...
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Warner Katz (Office of Strategic Services and Merrill's Marauders WW2 also the first Merrill's Marauder to kill a Japanese Soldier), Ranger Randall Ching...
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Roy Matsumoto (section Merrill's Marauders)
April 21, 2014) was a Japanese-American soldier who fought with the Merrill's Marauders during World War II. He received several awards for his contribution...
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Peaked cap Pith helmet Side cap Slouch hat p. 11 Young, Edward M. Merrill’s Marauders Osprey Publishing Ltd. 2009 . p. 81 Lemons, Charles Uniforms of the...
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War II, and to the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional)—known as "Merrill's Marauders", and then reflagged as the 475th Infantry, then later as the 75th...
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History, Merrill's Marauders February–May 1944, Third Mission: Myitkyina (1990) http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/marauders/marauders-third.html...
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Special forces (section Merrill's Marauders)
occupied Aleutian Islands, Italy and Southern France.[citation needed] Merrill's Marauders were modeled on the Chindits and took part in similar operations...
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442nd Regimental Combat Team deployed to the European Theater. When Merrill's Marauders were organized to conduct long range penetration special operations...
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battalion and an American long-range penetration brigade known as "Merrill's Marauders". In 1943, the Thai Phayap Army invasion headed to Xishuangbanna...
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5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) and 475th Infantry Regiment (Merrill's Marauders). The Ranger Course was conceived during the Korean War and was known...
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popularly known as "Merrill's Marauders", and the 5332d Brigade, Provisional or 'Mars Task Force', which assumed the Marauders' mission. Japanese policy...
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U.S. Army's 5307th Composite Unit (provisional), better known as Merrill's Marauders. "Colonel Charles N. Hunter had been with Galahad from the beginning...
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in Don't Give Up the Ship (starring Jerry Lewis), Sgt Kolowicz in Merrill's Marauders, Rockwell W. "Rocky" Rockman in The Devil's Brigade, the Reverend...
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directed Merrill's Marauders as a dry run for the film. When Fuller argued with Jack L. Warner and his studio over cuts they made to Merrill's Marauders, the...
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battle, although they also had active combat units, such as the famed Merrill's Marauders. Stilwell gave the Chinese 22nd Division orders to advance against...
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picked up and appeared with Jeff Chandler in the Warners war film Merrill's Marauders (1962), a picture filmed in the Philippine Islands and Chandler's...
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Yesterday's Enemy (1959) - British movie set in Burma during World War II Merrill’s Marauders (1962) - set on the Burma Road during World War II, and actually...
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A list of stories published in the IPC weekly boys' comic Battle Picture Weekly between 1975 and 1988. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O...
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James Garner and Stuart Whitman. He also appeared in the 1962 films Merrill's Marauders, which was co-written and directed by Samuel Fuller starring Jeff...
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Beverly Hills, California) was an American author and veteran of Merrill's Marauders and the Office of Strategic Services. Chamales was the son of Helene...
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1945, the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the British Army, and the Merrill's Marauders joined forces in Muse, Burma (Myanmar), while the Japanese Army lost...
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States Army that fought in World War II. The most famous unit was Merrill's Marauders (officially named the "5307th Composite Unit (Provisional)"), which...
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Peyton Place for Fox. He then went over to Warner Bros. to make Merrill's Marauders, which was his last film. Chandler married actress Marjorie Hoshelle...
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(Provisional), but became famous as "Merrill's Marauders"; it carried out operations in Burma in 1944. Survivors of "Merrill's Marauders" combined with members of...
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WWII Merrill's Marauders, dies at age 99". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 28 December 2023. "Russell Hamler, thought to be the last of WWII Merrill's Marauders...
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