WWII hero Gabaldon dies

by bjtindle | September 4, 2006 at 11:25 pm

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Guy Gabaldon, who as an 18-year-old Marine private single-handedly persuaded more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers to surrender in the World War II battle for Saipan, has died. He was 80.

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