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  2. Guy Gabaldon - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Lane Nakano - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery (Santa Monica, California)

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    Woodlawn Cemetery was founded and deeded to the city by Mayor Juan José Carrillo in 1884.. Woodlawn Cemetery, Mausoleum & Mortuary, formerly Ballona Cemetery, is located at 1847 14th Street, alongside Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica, California, United States.

  5. Find a Grave - Wikipedia

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    The logo of Find a Grave used from 1995 to 2018 [2] Find a Grave was created in 1995 by Salt Lake City, Utah, resident Jim Tipton to support his hobby of visiting the burial sites of famous celebrities. [3] Tipton classified his early childhood as being a nerdy kid who had somewhat of a fascination with graves and some love for learning HTML. [4]

  6. Gabaldon - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Hell to Eternity - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    “It’s heartbreaking,” Greenwell said. “I really think he’s a great guy. He tried to call me personally many times. Unfortunately, I told him he was no longer in our program. He has to call his probation officer. You have to be true to the process. You just have to take accountability for yourself.

  9. List of burials at Green-Wood Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Green-Wood Cemetery is a 478-acre (193 ha) cemetery in Brooklyn, New York City.The cemetery lies several blocks southwest of Prospect Park, and is generally bounded by 20th Street to the northeast, Fifth Avenue to the northwest, 36th and 37th Streets to the southwest, Fort Hamilton Parkway to the south, and McDonald Avenue to the east.