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| Otis Willie PIO The American War Library... |
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Film pushes MoH for WWII heroics of Gabaldon
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/05/ap_gabaldon_marine_050408/
{EXCERPT} , By Adrian Sainz - The Associated Press Posted : Tuesday May 6, 2008
12:28:42 EDT
MIAMI — Armed and alone, Guy Gabaldon roamed Saipan’s caves and pillboxes, using
his Japanese language skills to convince enemy soldiers and civilians to
surrender during the hellish World War II island battle in the summer of 1944.
Warning the Japanese they would die if they stayed in the caves, Gabaldon told
them Marines were not torturers as they had heard, but instead would feed them
and give them medical care. Many agreed, and Gabaldon, 18, led them back to U.S.
lines., by the time the battle ended, the 5-foot, 4-inch tall Gabaldon had lured
more than 1,000 Japanese out of the steamy caves. He was praised as being both
brave and
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