Pa. soldier's remains returned home after 80 years
A flight carrying his remains landed on Friday at Harrisburg International Airport.
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A flight carrying his remains landed on Friday at Harrisburg International Airport.
HOT SPRINGS -- Sua sponte is Latin for "of one's own accord," or "voluntarily." It's also the motto of the 5307th Composite Unit, also known as Unit Galahad or Merrill's Marauders.
U.S. Army Tech Sgt. Rocco DeLuca was given a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously. He fought Japanese troops in Merrill's Marauders in World War II.
Sometimes heroes live among us without our knowing their selfless, enduring acts. Charles Edwin Mansell, a farmer and World War II veteran, was such a person. Here's his story, from
Russell “Huck” Hamler has never lost sight of the fact that he’s lucky to be alive. During World War II, Hamler, a 98-year-old Mt. Lebanon native and Baldwin Township resident was part of a top-secret elite Army unit known as “Merrill’s Marauders,” named after its commander, Brigadier General Frank Merrill,