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James Richardson, soldier in Merrill's Marauders, dies at 99

| December 30, 2020 12:06 PM

JACKSBORO, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who was among the last surviving members of the World War II jungle fighting unit known as Merrill's Marauders has died at age 99.

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