This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The reputed last ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. -- 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, ...

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 ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — 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 ...