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  Merrill as Place Name - Merrill.family
Merrill, Saginaw County, Mich., is a village of 505 inhabitants in Jonesfield township, on the Pere Marquette Railroad, twenty miles west of Saginaw.
Merrill, who was in command of the Seventh U.S. Cavalry, stationed in the Yellowstone Valley in 1877, protecting the men engaged in the construction of the road.
Merrill, the County seat of Lincoln County, Wis., is a thriving city having, according to the census of 1920, a population of 8068.
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 Frank Merrill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He is best rembered for his command of Merrill's Marauders, officially 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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frank_Merrill   (95 words)

  
 Frank Merrill
Frank Merrill was born in the United States on 4th December, 1903.
Merrill graduated in 1929 (147/299) and was commissioned in the cavalry.
Frank Merrill continued to suffer from poor health and died aged fifty-two on 11th December 1955.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWmerrill.htm   (420 words)

  
 Frank Merrill signed book Merrill's Marauders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Merrill was placed in charge of the group that was based on those formed by Orde Wingate, Evans Carlson and Merritt Edson.
Colonel Charles Hunter was second in command to Merrill and was responsible for jungle training that was held at Deogarth.Merrill led his men on their first campaign on 24th February 1944 when they attacked the 18th Japanese Division in Burma.
Merrill was promoted to major general on 5th September 1944 and placed in charge of the Allied Liaison Group.
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 Bricker & Eckler LLP: Resume of Frank L. Merrill
Frank Merrill is a partner and chair of the environmental law practice.
Frank also serves as environmental counsel to the Ohio Manufacturers Association (OMA) and recently spearheaded OMA’s successful efforts to gain the passage of a statute of limitations for environmental violations in Ohio.
Frank is a member of the national, state and local bar associations and is a member of the American Bar Association Natural Resources Committee, the Ohio State Bar Association Environmental Law Committee, and the Columbus Bar Association Environmental Law Committee.
www.bricker.com /LegalServices/Attorney/Bios/fmerr.asp   (331 words)

  
 Atherton community leader 'Gen' Merrill dies at 79 (January 13, 1999)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Merrill was admired by her family, friends and colleagues as an extraordinary, independent woman who combined her keen interest in the community with a successful real estate career that spanned 25 years.
Merrill's death, the two were honored with the Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce's Golden Acorn Award for their contributions.
Merrill was actively involved in Boy Scouts with the legendary Troop 206 at Encinal School while her two sons were growing up.
www.almanacnews.com /morgue/1999/1999_01_13.gen.html   (511 words)

  
 deseretnews.com
Frank was a veteran of both the U.S. Navy during World War II and the U.S. Army in the Korean Conflict.
Frank was born in Arco, Idaho on March 11, 1926, the son of Joseph William (Billy) Merrill and Lida Leora John.
Frank is survived by his wife, Colleen; their children, Robert E. (Mary) Merrill, Gary F. (Marlene) Merrill, Beverly C. Davis, Tammy L. (Jim) Harmon, and Torey F. (Andrea) Merrill; eighteen grandchildren, and fourteen great-grandchildren.
deseretnews.com /dn/view_ob/0,1588,460005434,00.html   (170 words)

  
 RANGERS HOF CITATIONS
MAJOR GENERAL FRANK D. Major General Frank D. Merrill is inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame for extraordinary valor and outstanding leadership as commander of the 5307th Composite Unit, known as Merrill's Marauders.
General Merrill took command of the Marauders in January 1944, with the mission of marching deep into the jungles of Burma behind Japanese lines to cut off enemy communications and supplies.
Before volunteering to join Merrill's Marauders for what was termed "a very dangerous mission" by the President of the United States, Staff Sergeant Branscomb saw considerable action with the 161st Infantry at Guadalcanal and New Georgia in the South Pacific.
www.marauder.org /hofcytat.htm   (5771 words)

  
 On January 7 2003 I put a $1000 deposit down on a Nitro Boat from Dover Marine
After some more conversations between Frank Merrill and Nitro/Tracker Marine it was determined that Nitro/Tracker Marine was going to assume the cost of parts and labor to correct the issue.
Frank Merrill said I would be contacted when the received the parts.
Gary Merrill told me that it might be ready that evening and to stop by and that if was outside it was done and I could take my boat.
home.comcast.net /~tim.miller4/LongShaftFinal.htm   (1221 words)

  
 Hall of Fame - Trainer - Frank Merrill Jr., 1981
Born in Brantford, Ont., in 1919, Frank was the son of an Italian immigrant fruit dealer, who changed his name from Marcello to Merrill.
Later that year Merrill enlisted in the army, but was declared "unfit for military duty" and was discharged because the doctors were suspicious of his lungs.
Merrill had tuberculosis and lost a lung during a two-year stay in Hamilton Sanitarium.
www.canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com /trainers/1981/Frank_Merrill_Jr.asp   (759 words)

  
 GEN. FRANK D. MERRILL
Frank Dow Merrill was born at Hopkinton Mass.
Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Merrill was in Rangoon, Burma on a
In 1945 Merrill was Chief of Staff at the 10th Army, Okinawa.
www.marauder.org /merrill.htm   (281 words)

  
 American Horse Publications | AQHA Executive Committee member, Frank Merrill, schedules complete dispersal of Windward ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Frank and Robin Merrill have announced the decision to disperse their entire Windward Stud Quarter Horse breeding program on Friday, October 17, 2003 at the ranch in Purcell, OK.
Frank Merrill believes each of these horses in training will be extremely competitive for their new owners.
Frank Merrill stated, "In 35 years in the horse business, our family has built an exceptional reputation for breeding, raising and training performance horses.
www.americanhorsepubs.org /news_updates/news_update_650.html   (777 words)

  
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Frank Merrill, professor of a small university in the Middle West, was the scholar of the group, a sociologist traveling in the Orient to study conditions.
To it, Frank Merrill brought his encyclopedic book knowledge, his insatiable curiosity about life; Ralph Addington all the garnered richness of his acute observation; Billy Fairfax his acquaintance with the elect of the society or of the art world, his quiet, deferential attitude of listener.
Frank Merrill had to scourge them to patrol the beach, to keep their signal sheets flying, their signal fires burning.
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 University of New Hampshire Library - Milne Special Collections and Archives - Frank Dow Merrill Papers (MC 109)
Merrill's Marauders, prepared by the Historical Division of the War Department (UNH Library call number: 940.542/U58m), recounts the activities of this courageous group from February to May in 1944.
Over 100 of Merrill's maps of the East Indies, Asia, and Australia, dating from 1921 to 1950, were added to the collection in February, 2000 and are housed in the Government Documents Map Room.
Merrill's Marauders: Combined Operations in Northern Burma in 1944 by Gary J. Bjorge, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Combat Studies Institute, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, [1996].
www.izaak.unh.edu /specoll/mancoll/merrill.htm   (766 words)

  
 Peter Brown in Merrill's Marauders
General Merrill is a few miles behind leading the main force across the river.
When the British troops arrive and inform Merrill's men they're on their way to Mitchina, Merrill's men feel sorry for the poor bastards who have a miserable 500 mile trek and a good chunk of the Japanese Imperial Army in front of them.
Merrill tries to argue that his men are sick and fatigued but to no avail.
www.peterbrown.tv /merrills.html   (763 words)

  
 SUVCW--Commander-in-Chief Frank P. Merrill
On August 6, 1883, Frank P. Merrill of Auburn, Maine, was elected the second Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Veterans, U.S.A., at the Second National Encampment held in Columbus, Ohio.
Frank Pierce Merrill was born on November 18, 1852, in Buckfield, Maine, to Thomas and Jane (Fields) Merrill.
Thomas Merrill was mustered into the volunteer service on November 1, 1861, and served in Berdan’s 2nd Regt., U.S. Sharpshooters, Co. D, as well as the 17th Maine Infantry, Co. E, and 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co. E.
suvcw.org /pcinc/merrill.htm   (767 words)

  
 Merrill's Marauders
Merrill's Marauders served in Burma during World War Two and fought behind the Japanese lines in that country to great effect.
Officially known as the 5307th Composite Unit, they got the nick-name Merrill's Marauders as a result of their commanding officer's name - Brigadier General Frank Merrill.
In August 1944, Merrill's Marauders was absorbed into the 475th Infantry.
www.historylearningsite.co.uk /merrill's%20marauders.htm   (323 words)

  
 In Action in the China
I was assigned to the 2nd Battalion of Merrill's Marauders in the Northern Burma campaign.
Frank Merrill, who in turn served under General Joseph W Stilwell, commander of U.S. Army forces in the CBI theater.
The 124th combined with the 475th Infantry Regiment, which included remnants of a battalion of Merrill’s Marauders, to form the Mars Task Force, a commando organization whose mission it was to infiltrate behind enemy lines along the Burma Road in order to cut off their supplies and reinforcements.
www.javadc.org /in_action_in_the_china.htm   (2904 words)

  
 AQHA - MEET THE AQHA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
AQHA President Frank Howell became involved with the Georgia Quarter Horse Association, serving as a member of the GQHA Board of Directors and as president of that organization twice, in 1993 and 1998.
In 1998, Frank was elected as chairman of the public policy task force, a position he held again in 2000.
Frank and his wife, Lena Mae Mason Howell, have three children, Pamela Thorp of Gainesville, Florida; Iris Yocco of Acworth, Georgia; and Steve Howell of Fairburn, Georgia.
www.aqha.com /association/who/execcommittee.html   (1146 words)

  
 Merrill's Marauders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Merrill's Marauders was a US commando unit in World War Two Burma.
However it earned the nickname Merrill?s Marauders because it was lead by brigadier Frank Merrill.
Merrill's Marauders : combined operations in northern Burma in 1944 (SuDoc D 101.2:M 32)
www.freeglossary.com /Merrill%27s_Marauders   (442 words)

  
 ERBzine 0592: Tarzan the Mighty
Frank Merrill, who had doubled for Elmo Lincoln in the Adventures of Tarzan and Perils of the Jungle (1927), was offered the job and began work the next day.
Merrill was voted second runner-up for "World's Most Perfectly Developed Man" and the publicity from this added to attendance at the movie.
Tarzan (Frank Merrill), whose parents died in the heart of the jungle, was adopted by a she-ape.
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 Camp Frank D. Merrill
Camp Frank D. Merrill is the home of the 5th Ranger Training Battalion and the mountain phase of the U.S. Army Ranger School, where small unit leaders are instructed in combat techniques and procedures used to move swiftly over all types of terrain including mountains.
The Mountain phase, the second of three Ranger training phases, is designed to enhance the soldiers ability to plan and execute small unit combat missions in mountainous terrain.
The Mountain Ranger Camp was officially designated Camp Frank D. Merrill in honor of Major General Frank D. Merrill, Commander of Merrill's Marauders during Burma operations of World War II.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/camp-frank-d-merrill.htm   (1096 words)

  
 Merrill's Marauders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Merrill's Marauders was a US commando unit in World WarTwo Burma.
In the Quebec Conference in August 1943 Allied leaders decided to form a US deep penetration unit that wouldattack Japanese troops in Burma.
However, itearned the nickname Merrill?s Marauders because it was lead by brigadier general Frank Merrill.
www.therfcc.org /merrill%27s-marauders-167402.html   (233 words)

  
 SUVCW--Commander-in-Chief Frank P. Merrill
Private Merrill was mustered out in September of 1865 and moved his family to Auburn, Maine, where he practiced his trade as a shoemaker.
Young Frank also began his professional career as a shoemaker but became interested in military affairs early on.
In a few short months Brother Merrill resigned his commission in the state service to devote his entire time to assisting General Bangs in establishing Sons of Veterans camps.
www.suvcw.org /pcinc/merrill.htm   (767 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Merrill's Marauders (1962) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Merrill's Marauders is an excellent WWII movie dealing with a topic often ignored in war movies covering the Pacific Theater.
In 1944, the 5307th Composite Unit, Merrill's Marauders, 3,000 seasoned jungle fighters, march into Burma with the objective of the supply depot at Walawbum and the airfield at Myitkyina.
Jeff Chandler gives one of his best performances as Brigadier General Frank Merrill, the commander of the 5307th who must push his men to their absolute limit, physically and mentally.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6302756472?v=glance   (1726 words)

  
 Murders, Accidental Deaths and Untimely Ends
Frank Merrill Annis was born November 11, 1896 at Saratoga Springs, NY, the son of Malcolm Grame and Olivia Eugenia (Griswold) Annis.
Frank was single and was survived by his mother and older sister, Ima Marjorie (Annis) Parr.
Frank was born on February 13, 1854 and Elmer on February 8, 1862 at Boone County, IA.
www.angelfire.com /mi/annisall/morte.html   (4407 words)

  
 ERBzine 0593: Tarzan the Tiger
Frank Merrill, covered in animal skins, headband and slippers is probably one of the most fully-clothed of the Tarzans.
The Merrill interpretation of the famous Tarzan yell is one of the most humourous of the yells.
Frank Merrill was born, Arthur Poll, March 21, 1893 in Newark, New Jersey.
www.erbzine.com /mag5/0593.html   (5820 words)

  
 Tavern Home Page
Tavern owner Richard Gressard’s great grandparents, Frank A. Merrill and Ida Haymaker Merrill, owned the two lakes and the adjacent golf course land until 1920 when it was sold and development took over.
The Twin Lakes home of Frank A. Merrill played a very large role in the establishing of what is now Kent State University.
Richard’s great grandfather, Frank A. Merrill, who served as Superintendent of Ravenna Schools, was made a member and treasurer of the Normal School’s first board of trustees.
www.tatwinlakes.com   (394 words)

  
 Hamp Hunters - hamn63 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
BIOGRAPHY: OZIAS MERRILL HAMP was born 17 Sep 1863 in Ohio, probab­ly Fulton County.
This was damaged in a bicycle accident when Frank, as a youngster, was returning from a music lesson.
In later years, Frank restored the violin, mounted and framed it and it is still proudly dis­played in the home of Frank’s family.
www.mfhn.com /hamp/hamn63.htm   (349 words)

  
 MTV.com - Movies - Frank Merrill
A national gymnastic champion from 1916-1918 and a stunt double for the first Tarzan, Elmo Lincoln, in The Adventures of Tarzan (1921), Frank Merrill later starred in his own right in the serial Perils of the Jungle (1927), an ersatz Tarzan adventure from low-budget Artclass.
When strongman Joe Bonomo broke a leg, Merrill was cast as Tarzan himself in Universal's Tarzan the Mighty (1928) and Tarzan the Tiger (1929), both 15-chapter serials.
Sound ultimately destroyed Merrill's chances for longevity, but footage from his serials was recycled into The White Gorilla, a hodgepodge feature film dumped on the States Rights; market in 1946.
www.mtv.com /movies/person/42867/bio.jhtml   (193 words)

  
 Angel Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On most practical matters Ralph treated Frank Merrill's opinion with a contempt that was offensively obvious to the others.
"It's curious," Frank Merrill said with his most academic manner, "it has not yet occurred to me to consider those young women from the point of view of their physical pulchritude.
Frank Merrill listened to each with the look on his face, half perplexity, half irritation, which always came when the conversation took a humorous turn.
www.blackmask.com /books67c/angis.htm   (20405 words)

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