After the U.S. troops had been driven out of Burma by the Japanese in 1943 during World War II, the Americans decided that they needed a “Long Range Penetration” mission behind Japanese lines. The ...

Three Merrill’s Marauders, 1944 survivors of the secret mission of almost 3,000 presidential volunteers who fought through the disease-ridden “forgotten theater” of World War II, the China-Burma-India ...

The grueling jungle conflict in Burma was oddly neglected in films about World War II. There were few exceptions, such as, “Objective, Burma!” (1945), “The Purple Plain” (1954), and the epic “The ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! 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 ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veterans of a top-secret U.S. Army unit that fought behind enemy lines in the jungles of Burma in World War II will finally receive the recognition they deserve, due to ...

Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing ...

The remains of a 27-year-old officer who fought in Burma during World War II as a member of the famed Merrill’s Marauders outfit have been identified and returned to family members in Minnesota after ...

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GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Gilbert Horn Sr., a decorated World War II veteran honored for his service as a Native American code talker, died Sunday at the Northern Montana Care Center in Havre. He was 92.

The remains of U.S. Army Pvt. Roman Cherubini, who was killed during World War II, will be interred April 26 at Big Crocker Cemetery in Big Pine, Calif. He will be buried with full military honors.