Story by Sgt. Angela Parady | 121st Public Affairs Detachment | 04.22.2013
Sgt. Merlin German was a 22-year-old Marine from Manhattan, N.Y. He was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Detachment, out of Camp Pendleton, Calif. His life was cut short on April 11, 2008, as a result of injuries sustained while conducting combat operations in Iraq in February 2005....