Russell Hamler, Thought to Be the Last of WWII Merrill’s Marauders Jungle-Fighting Unit, Dies at 99
![Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill (center), the commander of the Army unit nicknamed ‘Merrill’s Marauders,’ explains the situation to 2 interpreters in Burma in 1944.](https://news.cibassoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Merrills_Marauders_planning_session-copy.jpg)
HARRISBURG, Pa. — 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 Jeffrey said. He did not give a cause of death. Hamler was the last living Marauder, according to a biography published by the […]