Burma / Myanmar / USA: Frank Merrill of 'Merrill's Marauders' fame, Allied officer in the China-Burma-India Theatre, World War II (1903-1955)

Frank Dow Merrill (December 4, 1903 in New Hampshire Ð December 11, 1955 in Fernandina Beach, Florida) is best remembered for his command of Merrill's Marauders, officially the 5307th Composite Unit (provisional), in the Burma Campaign of World War II. Merrill's Marauders came under General Joseph Stilwell's Northern Combat Area Command. It was a special forces unit modelled on the Chindits' long range penetration groups trained to operate from bases deep behind Japanese lines. (Photo by: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)