- Merrill's Marauders
... ge:Chinesechildsoldier.jpg|right|thumb|A 10-year-old Chinese soldier under Merrill's command, after the capture of the Myitkyina airfield.]]
'''Merrill’s Marauders''', officially named the '''5307th Composite Unit (provision ...
23 KB (3370 words) - 21:35, 29 September 2008
- Merrill's Marauders (film)
| name = Merrill's Marauders
<!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:Merrill'smarauders.jpg|thumb|right|Lobby card from film]] -->
15 KB (2328 words) - 02:51, 29 September 2008
- Frank Merrill
{{for|the Tarzan actor|Frank Merrill (actor)}}
|name= Frank Merrill
5 KB (760 words) - 15:55, 4 October 2008
- Merrill
'''Merrill''' may refer to:
*[[Merrill, Iowa]]
2 KB (194 words) - 18:46, 7 August 2008
- Joseph Stilwell
[[Image:StilwellinBurma.JPG|250px|thumb|Stilwell with Gen. [[Frank Merrill]] in Burma]]
... [[Myitkyina]]. In the meantime, Stilwell ordered General [[Frank Merrill|Merrill]] and the Marauders to commence long-range jungle penetration missions beh ...
48 KB (7269 words) - 17:06, 2 October 2008
- Marauders
*[[Merrill's Marauders]], a United States commando unit in the South-East Asian Theat ...
1 KB (181 words) - 06:25, 23 August 2008
- David Richardson (American)
... merican]] [[journalist]] and [[United States Army]] soldier. A member of [[Merrill's Marauders]], he became famous for his behind the lines coverage of their ...
... 0 mile march of the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), better known as [[Merrill's Marauders]], and their subsequent fighting.
3 KB (414 words) - 03:18, 1 August 2008
- Samuel V. Wilson
|laterwork=technical advisor, Merrill's Marauders<br/>President, Hampden-Sydney College
... l. Wilson served as technical advisor for the film and was cast as General Merrill's assistant "Bannister" under the pseudonym Vaughn Wilson). Wilson was dec ...
10 KB (1440 words) - 15:00, 6 October 2008
- United States Army Rangers
... ed with [[Frank Merrill]] as the commander, leading them to be nicknamed [[Merrill's Marauders]]. They began training in [[India]] on October 31, 1943. Compo ...
... atrol companies. These new Rangers were given a unit genealogy traced to [[Merrill's Marauders]].
30 KB (4382 words) - 14:15, 3 October 2008
- China Burma India Theater of World War II
... Road]], and the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), otherwise known as [[Merrill's Marauders]].
... nit, similar to the [[Chindits]], to be commanded by Major General [[Frank Merrill]].
21 KB (3133 words) - 20:08, 18 September 2008
- Charlton Ogburn
... known work; it was later made into the film ''[[Merrill's Marauders (film)|Merrill's Marauders]]'' (1962). His account of his travels along the largely deser ...
... a junior officer in the famous [[World War II]] U.S. Army unit known as [[Merrill's Marauders]], and the quoted passage refers to his somewhat chaotic early ...
4 KB (612 words) - 19:35, 13 September 2008
- Long range penetration
... the [[5307th Composite Unit (Provisional)]] but more popularly known as [[Merrill's Marauders]] and carried out operations in Burma in 1944.<ref>Ogburn Jr, ...
4 KB (653 words) - 14:54, 4 September 2008
- The Big Red One
... Fuller argued with [[Jack Warner]] and his studio over cuts they made to ''Merrill's Marauders'' the plans to film ''The Big Red One'' were dropped.<ref> Ful ...
7 KB (1098 words) - 12:55, 14 September 2008
- Claude Akins
... ' (starring [[Jerry Lewis]]), Sgt Kolowicz in [[Merrill's Marauders (film)|Merrill's Marauders]], Rockwell W. "Rocky" Rockman in ''[[The Devil's Brigade (fil ...
*''[[Merrill's Marauders (film)|Merrill's Marauders]]'' (1962)
6 KB (829 words) - 23:19, 29 September 2008
- United States Pictures
... Pictures made a total of 14 films. The last two, [[Samuel Fuller]]'s ''[[Merrill's Marauders (film)]]'' (1962) and [[Ken Annakin]]'s ''[[Battle of the Bulg ...
* ''[[Merrill's Marauders (film)]]'' (1962) - directed by [[Samuel Fuller]]*
3 KB (444 words) - 07:33, 24 May 2008
- Jeff Chandler (actor)
Shortly after completing his role in ''[[Merrill's Marauders (film)|Merrill's Marauders]]'' in 1961, he injured his back while playing baseball with [ ...
* ''[[Merrill's Marauders (film)|Merrill's Marauders]]'' (1962)
8 KB (1087 words) - 23:44, 29 September 2008
- Roger Hilsman
... l scientist]]. He served as an American soldier with the replacement to [[Merrill's Marauders]] in [[China-Burma-India Theater]] of World War II during [[Wo ...
... Academy]] and graduated in June 1943. He was chosen as a replacement for Merrill's Marauders, but was wounded in battle at Myitkyina in Burma within a week ...
4 KB (535 words) - 18:16, 14 September 2008
- K-ration
... on for troops fighting in extreme environments and extended missions, in [[Merrill's Marauders|some cases]] resulting in severe malnourishment.<ref>Kearny, C ...
... the [[United Kingdom]]. Many soldiers, including the U.S. unit known as [[Merrill's Marauders]]<ref>Kearny, Cresson H. (Major), ''Jungle Snafus...And Remedi ...
20 KB (3177 words) - 15:46, 28 September 2008
- 22nd Bomb Group (Red Raiders) 5th Army Air Force
*Merrill S. Matthews: http://www.b26.com/marauderman/merrill_matthews.htm
11 KB (1616 words) - 16:40, 5 September 2008
- Burma Campaign 1944
... an American long-range penetration brigade known after its commander as "[[Merrill's Marauders]]".
... he Kumon Range of hills which nearly crippled the already weary Marauders, Merrill's forces captured the airfield at [[Myitkyina]].<ref>Allen, ''Burma: The L ...
31 KB (4615 words) - 07:35, 22 August 2008
No comments have been added.