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The Gabaldon School Buildings, or simply the Gabaldons, were built during the American colonial era in the Philippines. They were inspired by the bahay kubo and bahay na bato, traditional houses of the Philippines. As of about 2024, there were 2,045 Gabaldon Schoolhouses in the country. [1]
Guy Louis Gabaldon (March 22, 1926 – August 31, 2006) was a Chicano in the United States Marine who, at age 18, captured or persuaded to surrender over 1,300 Japanese soldiers and civilians during the battles for Saipan and Tinian islands in 1944 during World War II.
Nicolás Rolando Gabaldón (February 23, 1927 – June 6, 1951) was an early surfer who is credited by surfing experts with being California's first documented surfer of African-American and Latino descent at a time when many beaches were segregated and opportunities for minorities more limited than today.
The Gabaldon Building of Cagayan de Oro City Central School was inaugurated on August 28, 1911, according to the Cagayan de Oro City Historical Commission. The construction was inspired by Isauro Gabaldon, the deputy to the First Philippine Assembly in 1909. He was noted for promulgating the Education Act of 1801, better known as the Gabaldon ...
The Main Building, commonly known as the Gabaldon Building, is the oldest edifice in the campus. It houses classrooms and the Conference Hall or the Old Library. With the Thomasites as organizers, the Cagayan High School was formally opened in June 1905 with Albrow S. Burnell as its first principal. It was housed in Otto Weber's residence which ...
Hell to Eternity is a 1960 American World War II film starring Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Vic Damone and Patricia Owens, directed by Phil Karlson.This film biopic is about the true experiences of Marine hero Pfc. Guy Gabaldon (played by Hunter), a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese American foster family, and his heroic actions during the Battle of Saipan.
Quezon National High School (QNHS) is a major public secondary high school in Brgy. Ibabang Iyam, Lucena City, Philippines.It is one of the largest contingent national high schools in the Philippines, both by size and by population, with more than 11,000 enrollees from Grades 7 to Grade 12.
Gabaldon Schoolhouses is a collective term for heritage schoolhouses built in the Philippines between 1907 and 1946 that follow standard plans designed by Architect William E. Parsons. Pages in category "Gabaldon School Buildings"