WAR RECORD
Oct. 19, 1950
hina enters the (P. 56), a month later launching the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, which prompts the
‘Merrill’s Marauders’ Earn Congressional Gold Medal
In October 2020 President Donald J. Trump approved the Congressional Gold Medal for the U.S. Army’s 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional)—the storied World War II jungle fighters better known as “Merrill’s Marauders.” Time correspondent James Shepley b
