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Gino Merli (front row, second from left) at the Medal of Honor presentation June 15, 1945. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Merli was the son of a coal miner.He entered service in the United States Army from Peckville in July 1943 [2] and served with the 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.
Merli-Sarnoski State Park, located in Fell Township (just outside of Carbondale), Pennsylvania, was co-named for Joseph Sarnoski and Gino J. Merli in 2002; both were World War II Medal of Honor recipients and Lackawanna County residents. A street on the Basic Military Training side of Lackland AFB, Texas has also been named for 2nd Lt Sarnoski.
Merli is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adalberto Maria Merli (born 1938), Italian actor; Danio Merli (born 1956), Italian sprint canoeist; Francesco Merli (1887–1976), Italian opera singer; Franco Merli (born 1956), Italian actor; Gino J. Merli (1924–2002), United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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Gino is a name of Italian origin. It may also be the short form of other Italian names like Ambrogino or Luigino or Eugenio, which are from the Ancient Greek name Ambrosios (ἀμβρόσιος), which means "ever-living", and/or Eugenios (εὐγένιος), which means "well-born, noble". [ 1 ]
[1] Merli stated that when the producer found out that Merli's character would only shoot his gun once in the film,he was told "Come on, he must be shooting like mad, or else nobody's going to watch this movie!" [1] Fearless was shot at Incir - De Paolis studios in Rome and on location in Vienna. [1]
Born as Jan Wasylewski and reared in New York City.Merlin was of Polish American descent with ancestry in Poland.He attended the Grace Church School for Boys and later the renowned premier academic Stuyvesant High School in New York City, before dropping out to join the United States Navy, serving as a Torpedoman, during World War II. [2]