HubackerErnestJamestown (CSi) Ernest Hubacker, who turns 99 years old next month, said attending the Merrill’s Marauders and the Mars Task Force reunion, was a thrill.

Hubacker served in the Mars Task Force, unit that served in Burma in southeast Asia in World War II.

Hubacker said the men who served in Merrill’s Marauders were all volunteers and had a “dangerous and hazardous task.”

Th reunion was held in Milwaukee the last week of August this year..

The All Vets Club in Jamestown and other local veterans’ groups raised money to send Ernie and two family members, nephews, Dennis and Ervin Sahr Jr.

The veterans and families also toured the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee.

Hubacker says and he and his family would like to attend next year’s reunion.

Dennis and Ervin Sahr indicate that they plan on taking him if he’s up to it.