Film details Hispanic Marine’s acts in WWII – Guy Gabaldon – (good to see this story make it to AP) From: ap.google.com
Tagged: FilmPosted on: May 5th, 2008
Armed but alone, Marine Pfc. Guy Gabaldon roamed Saipan’s caves and pillboxes, persuading enemy soldiers and civilians to surrender during the hellish World War II battle on the island.
Using the Japanese language skills he learned as a boy, he warned the Japanese they would die if they stayed hidden and told them Marines were not torturers as they had heard. The Marines, he said, would feed them and give them medical care. Many agreed, and Gabaldon, just 18, led them back to U.S. lines.”*
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