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Army Ranger School Is a Laboratory of Human Endurance

The military's toughest training challenges have a lot in common with outdoor sufferfests like the Barkley Marathons and the Leadville Trail 100: you have to be fit and motivated to make the starting line, but your mind and spirit are what carry you to the end. A Ranger graduate breaks down an ordeal that shapes some of the nation's finest soldiers.

American Legion Post 778 will celebrate 100th birthday of WWII medic

Russell Hamler, the last of "Merrill's Marauders," dies at 99

Russell Hamler and the rest of Merrill's Marauders fought behind enemy lines in the Burmese jungle in World War II.

UNG makes plans for National Leadership Challenge

Greensburg WWII veteran braved armed foes, harsh jungle conditions with Merrill's Marauders

(Editor’s Note: This is part of a series about Westmoreland County residents who have been honored as Hometown Heroes.) Walter Krautz Greensburg 1919-1986 Walter Krautz survived the jungle, but the sacrifices he made during a World War II mission behind enemy lines in Southeast Asia didn’t end once he was