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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.
The 1960 movie Hell to Eternity tells the true-life story of GI Guy Gabaldon's role in convincing 800 Japanese soldiers to surrender during the WWII Battle of Saipan. Key to Gabaldon's success was his ability to speak Japanese fluently due to having been raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family.
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.
[2] [3] Nakano's family unofficially adopted legendary Marine Corps combat interpreter Guy Gabaldon at age 12. Gabaldon was awarded the Navy Cross for his heroic actions on Saipan and Tinian islands during World War II which included saving the lives of many Japanese civilians on the two islands.
Gabaldon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Argimiro Gabaldon, poet and former Venezuelan revolutionary of FALN; Arnoldo Gabaldon, Venezuelan sanitarist; Arnoldo Gabaldon Berti, Venezuelan engineer, first Environment minister of Latin America; Diana Gabaldon, author of works including the "Outlander" and "Lord John" series
Gabaldon was the founding editor of Science Software Quarterly in 1984 while employed at the Center for Environmental Studies at Arizona State University. [12] During the 1980s, Gabaldon wrote software reviews and technical articles for computer publications such as a review of Full Impact, [13] as well as popular-science articles and Disney comics. [11]
Though Gabaldon had intended it to be a novella, Private Matter came in at 320 pages and secured the author a deal for two additional full Grey novels, Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade (2007) and The Scottish Prisoner (2011). [1] [2] [11] Private Matter reached #8 on The New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best-Seller List. [12]
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