A Marine sergeant who became a symbol of resilience as he strove to recover from a roadside bomb blast in Iraq that blanketed 97 percent of his body with burns has died, the Defense Department said.

But just when it seemed he would defy impossible odds, Sgt. Merlin German lost his last battle this spring — an unexpected final chapter in a story many imagined would have a happy ending. "I think ...

Sgt. Merlin German nearly died in a roadside bombing, while serving in Iraq in 2005. German, who suffered severe burns over most of his body, bravely battled back and was awarded the Purple Heart. In ...

The young Marine came back from the war, with his toughest fight ahead of him. Merlin German waged that battle in the quiet of a Texas hospital, far from the dusty road in Iraq where a bomb exploded, ...

As pain wracked the 10-year-old’s body, he wished for an angel to take the hurt away. He repeated that refrain to his parents as he lay in bed with third-degree burns on his arms and legs in a ...

There was a heartbreaking high school reunion in Westchester Friday night – because the class hero couldn’t make it. Friends and former classmates of Marine Sgt. Merlin German swapped stories and ...

The young Marine came back from the war with his toughest fight ahead of him. Merlin German waged that battle in the quiet of a Texas hospital, far from the dusty road in Iraq where a bomb exploded, ...

Army Capt. Karla Frey never forgot the young Camp Pendleton Marine she met while volunteering Brooke Army Medical Center's burn unit in 2005. Sgt. Merlin German, 22, was horrifically injured in a ...

The young Marine came back from the war, with his toughest fight ahead of him. Merlin German waged that battle in the quiet of a Texas hospital, far from the dusty road in Iraq where a bomb exploded, ...