Merrill’s Marauders Veterans to Head to Capitol Hill in Support of Congressional Gold Medal Legislation
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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP partner Frederick R. Eames leads a pro bono team assisting the Merrills Marauders Association in enlisting Congressional support for the recognition.
Key Points:
- Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP partner Frederick R. Eames leads a pro bono team assisting the Merrills Marauders Association in enlisting Congressional support for the recognition.
- The legislation, Merrills Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act , passed the U.S. Senate on Dec. 5, 2019.
- Honoring Merrills Marauders with a Congressional Gold Medal would help bring them the public recognition they deserve.
- Gen. Frank D. Merrill, Merrills Marauders was a 3,000-soldier special forces jungle warfare unit that served in Burma in 1944.