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773: 2335: 653:, attacked the unsuspecting Japanese at the Myitkyina airfield. The airfield assault on 17 May 1944 was a complete success; however, the town of Myitkyina could not immediately be taken with the forces on hand. An initial assault by elements of two Chinese regiments was repulsed with heavy losses. NCAC intelligence staff had once again badly underestimated Japanese troop strength in the town, which had steadily been reinforced and now possessed a garrison of some 4,600 well-armed and fanatical Japanese defenders. Weakened by hunger, the 5307th continued fighting through the height of the 493: 666:
air. That meant Enemy sighted... Then at last we saw them, coming down the railroad four abreast... The gunner crouched low over his tommy-gun and tightened down. Then the gun spoke. Down flopped a half-dozen Japs, then another half dozen. The column spewed from their marching formation into the bush. We grabbed up the gun and slid back into the jungle. Sometimes staggering, sometimes running, sometimes dragging, I made it back to camp. I was so sick I didn't care whether the Japs broke through or not; so sick I didn't worry any more about letting
73: 578:. Near Walawbum, a town believed by General Stilwell's NCAC staff to be lightly held, the 3rd Battalion killed some 400–500 enemy soldiers. The Japanese were continually surprised by the heavy, accurate volume of fire they received when attacking Marauder positions. Its combat-experienced officers had carefully integrated light mortar and machine gun fires, and virtually every man was armed with a self-loading or automatic weapon in which he had trained to a high level of marksmanship. In March they severed Japanese supply lines in the 789: 91: 617:(contracted after linking up with Chinese forces) further reduced their effective strength. Although the Marauders had previously avoided losses from this deadly disease (in part by use of halazone tablets and strict field sanitation procedures), their encampment with Chinese infantry, who used the rivers as latrines, proved their undoing (the Chinese troops, who always boiled their drinking water, were not seriously affected). 601: 427: 46: 630: 661:, which some Marauders contracted after sleeping on infected areas of untreated ground, earth or grass. Racked with bloody dysentery and fevers, sleeping in the mud, Marauders alternately assaulted, then defended in a seesaw series of brutal conventional infantry engagements with Japanese forces. In a 1945 interview, Captain Fred O. Lyons, a Marauder officer, related the nature of the struggle: 559: 710: 589:. Always guarded against the potential for interference by the British, General Stilwell did not coordinate his plans with Admiral Mountbatten, instead transmitting separate orders to his Chinese forces and the Marauders. The men took a brief rest at Shikau Gau, a jungle village clearing where they bartered with the native inhabitants for fresh eggs and chickens with an issue of 805:
thirty-two separate occasions, including two conventional defensive battles with enemy forces for which the force had not been intended or equipped. Battling Japanese soldiers, hunger, fevers, and disease, they had traversed more jungle terrain on their long-range missions than any other U.S. Army formation during World War II.
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As of 31 December 2020, seven Marauders were still alive. By May 2022, this number had dwindled to just two, Gabriel Kinney and Russell Hamler. Gabriel Kinney died on December 11, 2022, at the age of 101. Russell Hamler died at a veterans hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 26, 2023, at
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investigation and congressional hearings). By the time the town of Myitkyina was taken, only about 200 surviving members of the original Marauders were present. A week after Myitkyina fell, on 10 August 1944, the 5307th was disbanded with a final total of 130 combat-effective officers and men (out of
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The disadvantages of supplying Marauders with a single K ration per day now made themselves felt, as the troops became increasingly malnourished; the onset of the rainy season combined with Japanese pressure and inhospitable terrain prevented many supply drops, exacerbating the problem. Even now, one
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On the advice of British General Orde Wingate, the force was divided into two self-contained combat teams per battalion. In February 1944, in an offensive designed to disrupt Japanese offensive operations, three battalions in six combat teams (coded Red, White, Blue, Khaki, Green, and Orange) marched
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with protective sandfly netting and rain covers in which to sleep, equipment which might have prevented various diseases and illnesses had they been issued earlier in the campaign. The casualties included General Merrill himself, who had suffered a second heart attack before going down with malaria.
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By now my dysentery was so violent I was draining blood. Every one of the men was sick from one cause or another. My shoulders were worn raw from the pack straps, and I left the pack behind... The boys with me weren't in much better shape... A scout moving ahead suddenly held his rifle high in the
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From the end of November 1943 to the end of January 1944, the 5307th remained at Deogarh and trained intensively. All officers and men received instruction in scouting and patrolling, stream crossings, weapons, navigation, demolitions, camouflage, small-unit attacks on entrenchments, evacuation of
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In slightly more than five months of combat, the Marauders had advanced 750 miles (1,210 km) through some of the harshest jungle terrain in the world, fought in five major engagements (Walawbum, Shaduzup, Inkangahtawng, Nhpum Ga, and Myitkyina) and engaged in combat with the Japanese Army on
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and hold it against Japanese attacks, a conventional defensive action for which the unit had not been equipped. At times surrounded, the Marauders coordinated their own battalions in mutual support to break the siege after a series of fierce assaults by Japanese forces. At Nhpum Ga, the Marauders
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was determined that the only U.S. combat troops available in the theater would not serve under British command. As the only Allied ground commander without a subordinate contingent of infantry forces from his own army, Stilwell was aware that he would have minimal influence upon Allied ground
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dated 18 September 1943 (OPD 320.2) listed the proposed composition of the new American long-range penetration force, which would be an all-volunteer unit. The Caribbean Defense Command provided 960 jungle-trained officers and men, 970 jungle-trained officers and men came from
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On 5 December 2019, the United States Senate passed S. 743, the Merrill's Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act, legislation to honor the Marauders' extraordinary service. On 22 September 2020, the House of Representatives also passed the bill by unanimous consent. The
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K ration (three meals) per day was deemed adequate by General Stilwell's staff, augmented by occasional drops of dry rice, jam, bread, candy, and C rations. When encountering Chinese troops, many men began to barter their K ration cigarettes for rice and other foods.
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After reinforcement by an airlanded Chinese army division, the town finally fell to the Allies on 3 August 1944. The Japanese commander escaped with about 600 of his men; 187 Japanese soldiers were captured, and the rest, some 3,800 men, were killed in combat.
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to command them. Several American war correspondents had come to Deogarh to hear about the unit and its training; the reporters sat around trying to think of an appealing nickname for the 5307th that would capture the interest of the American public.
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In early 1944, the Marauders were organized as a light infantry assault unit, with mule transport for their 60 mm mortars, bazookas, ammunition, communications gear, and supplies. Although the 5307th's three battalions were equivalent to a
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killed 400 Japanese soldiers, while suffering 57 killed in action, 302 wounded, and 379 incapacitated due to illness and exhaustion. Of the unit's 200 mules, 75 were killed by artillery and mortar fire. A concurrent outbreak of
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is the highest expression by the Congress of national appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions to the country. On 6 October, the Bill approving the medal award was sent to the
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the original 2,997). Of the 2,750 to enter Burma, only two were left alive who had never been hospitalized with wounds or major illness. None of the horses and only 41 mules survived.
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range and into the Burmese jungle behind Japanese lines. A total of 2,750 Marauders entered Burma; the remaining 247 men remained in India as headquarters and support personnel.
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leaders decided to form a U.S. deep penetration unit that would attack Japanese troops in Burma. The new U.S. force was directly inspired by, and partially modeled on
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in New Caledonia who were deemed unfit for jungle warfare. They had traveled to India where they served with the Chinese Army before being assigned to the 5307th.
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in accomplishing its mission under extremely difficult and hazardous conditions as to set it apart and above other units participating in the same campaign
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On 10 August 1944 the Marauders were consolidated into the 475th Infantry, which continued service in northern Burma as a component of the brigade-sized
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Informed by the British that the situation in Imphal was under control, Stilwell wanted to launch a final assault to capture the Japanese airfield at
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In their final mission, the Marauders suffered 272 killed, 955 wounded, and 980 evacuated for illness and disease; some men later died from cerebral
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The unit was to have 700 animals that included 360 mules. There were to be as many more but the ship that was carrying them was torpedoed in the
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on 31 October 1943 to train. Here they were reinforced with Air Corps and Signal Corps personnel, as well as an animal transport company with
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Brig Gen Frank Merrill, poses with Japanese-American interpreters T/Sgt. Herbert Miyasaki and T/Sgt. Akiji Yoshimura in Burma (1 May 1944).
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air-cooled belt-fed machine gun. Mules were used to haul radios, ammunition, and heavier support weapons, including the 2.36-inch M1A1
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season, worsening the situation; it also transpired that the area around Myitkyina had the largest reported incidence of
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was also directed to transfer 274 Army combat-experienced volunteers from the Southwest Pacific Command, veterans of the
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until February 1945. On 21 June 1954 the 475th Infantry was re-designated the 75th Infantry from which descended the
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The red, white, blue, khaki, green, and orange colors of the Marauder's six teams are incorporated in the regiment's
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The 5307th was originally destined to train in long-range penetration tactics under the direction of Brigadier
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Merrill's Marauders: The Untold Story of Unit Galahad and the Toughest Special Forces Mission of World War II
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Merrill's Marauders: The Untold Story of Unit Galahad and the Toughest Special Forces Mission of World War II
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On 17 May 1944, after a grueling 100-kilometre (62 mi) march over the 2,000-metre (6,600 ft)
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Office of the US Surgeon General: Office of Medical History: Book 5, The Marauders and the microbes
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where volunteering earned them their freedom. They were sprinkled throughout the unit and called "
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A little known secret to the Marauders' success was the inclusion of fourteen Japanese-American
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The men of Merrill's Marauders enjoyed the rare distinction of having each soldier awarded the
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Hell on Land, Disaster at Sea: The Story of Merrill's Marauders and the Sinking of the Rhona
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Norris, John and Calow, Robert, Infantry Mortars of World War II, Osprey Publishing (2002),
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In April, the Marauders were ordered by General Stilwell to take up a blocking position at
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Bjorge, Gary J. "Merrill's Marauders: Combined Operations in Northern Burma in 1944"
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Animals in the Military: From Hannibal's Elephants to the Dolphins of the U.S. Navy
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While in Burma, the Marauders were usually outnumbered by Japanese troops from the
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This article is about the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional). For the film, see
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interpreters for the Marauders were also inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame.
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Long Range Penetration Force. A call for volunteers attracted around 3,000 men.
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Weight was critical to the Marauders, and the need for a compact, lightweight
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One of last surviving WWII 'Merrill's Marauders' finally receives Bronze Star
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Honoring the Marauders' legacy through the 75th Ranger Regiment's iconography
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honors the legacy of the Marauders by replicating the design of their SSI
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strategy in Burma unless he could gain command of the Marauders. Admiral
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into Burma. On 24 February, the force began a 1,000-mile march over the
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determined that a one-per-day issuance of the U.S. Army's 2,830 calorie
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Military units and formations of the United States Army in World War II
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Hopkins, James (M.D.), Stelling, Henry (M.D.), and Voorhees, Tracy S.,
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Video: Allied Armies in Burma Battle Japanese on Wide Front etc. (1944)
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and experienced muleteers. Officers and men were equipped with U.S.
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The Marauders and the Microbes: A Record of Righteous Indignation
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Marauders rest during a break along a jungle trail near Nhpum Ga.
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Command and General Staff College – US Army Combined Arms Center
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The commander of the 2nd Battalion of the Marauders, Colonel
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wounded personnel, and the then-novel technique of supply by
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Weston, Logan, "The Fightin' Preacher", Vision Press (1992)
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The unit must display such gallantry, determination, and
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was essential; unfortunately, the best solution, the dry
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came up with "Merrill's Marauders" and that name stuck.
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US Army Rangers: History: Merrill's Marauders (WWII)
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5307th Composite Unit
Merrill's Marauders (film)

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United States Army
Special operations force
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Long-range penetration
Jungle warfare
Raiding
Reconnaissance
Special operations
World War II
Burma Campaign
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Charles N. Hunter
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special operations
jungle warfare
Southeast Asian theater of World War II
China-Burma-India Theater (CBI)
Quebec Conference (QUADRANT) of August 1943
Allied
Orde Wingate
Chindits
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Army Ground Forces
Guadalcanal

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