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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 04 > Film details Hispanic WWII Marine’s acts

Film details Hispanic WWII Marine’s acts

Pfc. Gabaldon coaxed more than 1,000 Japanese in hiding to safety

By Adrian Sainz / The Bulletin
May 4, 2008

MIAMI — 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....

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