Last living original Merrills Marauder passes
 

RIP Marauder.

MSG Melillo was very active in the Ranger and Ft Benning community up until his passing, he was at almost every Ranger school graduation weather permitting.

Thank you for your service sir.[URL="http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article52199840.html"]http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article52199840.html[/URL]

Rest easy Warrior, RLTW!

RIP Sir.

Thank you for your service.

RIP Sir!

Rest in Peace.

Rest In Peace, Warrior!

You left an awesome legacy for others to emulate!

Rest Peacefully, Ranger.

RLTW.

The broke the mold after they made that generation.

Rest easy, you finally made it to the ORP to link up with your brothers.

RIP.

I think the news article is a bit misleading as it states "from Georgia." General Sam is still alive:

[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_V._Wilson[/url]

Rest in Peace, Sir.

Rest In Peace, Ranger.

Rest in Peace
It was a former MM, Maj. Edward T. Hancock who lived in my small town that came to talk to me when I was thinking of enlisting back in senior year of HS.The stories he told about the campaign and what those guys had done, gave me a whole new frame of reference for what "hard" was.