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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. Called "Gabby" by his friends, he became known as "The Pied Piper of Saipan ...
The following is a partial list of characters from Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series as first introduced, beginning with the 1991 novel Outlander.The story focuses on 20th century nurse Claire Randall, who time travels to 18th-century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing Jamie Fraser.
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.
Guy Gabaldon, USMC, semi-fluent in Japanese, awarded Navy Cross for valor at Saipan, 1944. "The Pied Piper of Saipan", on his own initiative convinced app.1,500 Japanese troops to surrender during combat operations, also acquiring in the process valuable intelligence that shortened the campaign, thereby saving Marine and Japanese lives.
Outlander is a historical drama television series based on the Outlander novel series by Diana Gabaldon.Developed by Ronald D. Moore, the show premiered on August 9, 2014, on Starz.
Nakano grew up in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Nakano had two brothers, Frank and Lyle and two sisters, May and Lucy. [2] [3]Nakano's family unofficially adopted legendary Marine Corps combat interpreter Guy Gabaldon at age 12.
This is a partial list of 20th-century writers.This list includes notable artists, authors, philosophers, playwrights, poets, scientists and other important and noteworthy contributors to literature.
Outlander is a series of historical fantasy novels by American author Diana Gabaldon. [1] Gabaldon began the first volume of the series, Outlander, in the late 1980s, and it was published in 1991. [2] She has published nine out of a planned ten volumes. [3] The ninth novel in the series, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone, was released on November ...