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Old 12 January 2016, 13:55
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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.http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/...e52199840.html
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Old 12 January 2016, 18:17
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Old 12 January 2016, 18:22
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RIP Sir.

Thank you for your service.
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Old 12 January 2016, 19:38
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Old 12 January 2016, 21:42
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Old 12 January 2016, 21:44
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Rest In Peace, Warrior!

You left an awesome legacy for others to emulate!
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Old 12 January 2016, 21:52
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Rest Peacefully, Ranger.

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Old 12 January 2016, 22:55
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The broke the mold after they made that generation.

Rest easy, you finally made it to the ORP to link up with your brothers.
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Old 14 January 2016, 01:21
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RIP.

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_V._Wilson
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Old 14 January 2016, 11:23
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Old 14 January 2016, 14:29
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Old 14 January 2016, 21:57
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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.
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