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Raleigh Nayes, 99, died Thursday in Chippewa Falls, Wis., just one day after the Army veteran had received the Congressional Gold Medal for his role in fighting with the famed Merrill’s Marauders in Burma during World War II.

Shares On March 18, 1944, men and animals from the 2nd Battalion cross the Tanai River on a bamboo bridge built by Kachin tribesmen, working with the Office of Strategic Services, near the village of Ning Awng. (Photo Credit: Courtesy Photo) DOD Merrill’s Marauders—officially Galahad Force or the 5307th Composite Unit (Provi- sional)—existed for just one year, from September 1943 to August 1944. In that time, the unit and its men performed some of the most arduous missions asked of an inf...