Russell Hamler, last of famed WWII Merrill's Marauders, dies

Hamler was the last surviving member of World War II’s famed Merrill’s Marauders, who endured harsh conditions, malnutrition and relentless tropical disease as they fought behind Japanese enemy lines in Burma.

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