biography
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Merrill, Frank (Dow)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1903–55)
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| biography:
| US soldier, born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. He served as an intelligence officer early in World War 2 before being assigned to raise the volunteer unit known as Merrill's marauders, which fought in the Burma jungle behind the Japanese lines (1943–4). |
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