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Merrill’s Marauders (named after Frank Merrill) or Unit Galahad, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), was a United States Army long range penetration special operations jungle warfare unit, which fought in the Southeast Asian theater of World War II, or China-Burma-India Theater (CBI). The unit became famous for its deep ...
Merrill's Marauders is a 1962 Technicolor war film, photographed in CinemaScope, and directed and co-written by Samuel Fuller. It is based on the exploits of the long-range penetration jungle warfare unit of the same name in the Burma campaign, culminating in the Siege of Myitkyina.
Merrill's Marauders: Directed by Samuel Fuller. With Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Peter Brown, Andrew Duggan. During WW2, a 3000-strong American unit, known as Merrill's Marauders, battles the Japanese forces in Burma.
Passing through a Burmese village in March 1944, a group of Merrill’s Marauders emerge from the thick jungle. Along with the Japanese, disease and harsh climactic conditions often proved to be destructive foes. By May 9, the Chinese had successfully taken Riptong.
The 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), more commonly known as Merrill’s Marauders after its commanding officer, Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill, was a regiment sized unit created and trained for long range penetration of Japanese lines in Burma during World War II.
Famed as “the roughest, toughest bunch of infantrymen” the USA could muster, Merrill’s Marauders faced a brutal reality that was far less glamorous than popular legends suggested to the American public.
The Marauders were foot soldiers who marched and fought through jungles and over mountains from the Hukawng Valley in northwestern Burma to Myitkyina on the Irrawaddy River. In 5 major and 30...
Although operational for only a few months, Merrill’s Marauders gained a fierce reputation for hard fighting and tenacity as the first American infantry force to see ground action in Asia.
Written by award-winning historian Gavin Mortimer, Merrill s Marauders profiles one of the most important and toughest special operations forces of World War II through new archival research and personal interviews with the surviving members of the Marauders.
Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting pitched battles at every strong-point.