Private Gabaldon as a talented negotiator (10 photos) Bashny.Net

Private First Class US Marine Guy Gabaldon was known among colleagues under the nickname "with Piper of Saipan". In 1944, he was persuaded to surrender and thus saved from certain death of more than 1,500 Japanese nationals, who, under the influence of militaristic propaganda went voluntarily, or were forcibly taken away by its military in the so-called rat nory- caches in the mountainous jungles of the island.



Private Gabaldon with those who are likely to initially doubted his loyalty.

US Army soldier, of Mexican descent, grew up in a Japanese family, which the government sent to the camp voluntarily left the post and wandering in the darkness near the enemy positions in order to save the life of the doomed vraga- what else can be paradoxical?

Japanese soldiers and civilians, according to the Japanese command had to seek death for the Emperor or die of hunger rather than surrender to the Americans. According to the Government, each of them should have killed seven Americans, and only then killed himself. Only in this way can be achieved victory in this war.

Guy born March 22, 1926 and grew up in a Mexican family, but as a teenager, was contacted with the criminal world, becoming a member of a Mexican gang, guns in the area where he grew up. The American justice system was forced to intervene in the process of education, considered unfavorable situation in the family and decided to translate it into the reception, change of residence.

So he met with the family of the spouses Nakano, Japanese Americans, who later became regarded as his true home, because there he was accepted as his own son, surrounded Mexican attention and care. There he learned to speak Japanese, learned about the customs and culture of the relationships in the Japanese families, because apart from his family had several children.

But with the outbreak of war with Japan Nakano family, like many Japanese-Americans because of unwarranted distrust of the government were sent to a camp for displaced persons, and Guy was left to itself. He worked at the cannery in Alaska and 17 years joined the army, once in the US Marine Corps. With 2 Marine Division US, he was sent to take part in the invasion of Saipan.

Capture Saypanskih islands, which the Americans regarded as a potential base for the aircraft began June 15, 1944. 535 ships carrying 128,000 Marines launched their invasion, which the Japanese had nothing to oppose but ordered his military killed seven enemies, and then die himself, as well as being slip into the jungle to hidden positions all civil to the attackers left alone population. As a result, the Americans got only empty houses.



One of the few civilians, captured by the Americans.

Thus, the Japanese secretly sitting in the jungle, ready to die, and the Americans occupied the coastal strip, the local village and did everything to make this desire of the Japanese turned to them with minimal losses. However, many Japanese were not averse to surrender and amerikantsy- take prisoners. But the language barrier is a huge difference and cultures were not allowed to even think about the dialogue.

The Japanese considered the invading barbarians white, with the arrival of which come to an end in Japan, and thus themselves, and the Americans thought of the defenders of the island as fanatics, with whom negotiations are impossible. We needed a man who would know not only the language but also the habits of the Japanese to start a conversation with them as equals, and not from the standpoint of the undoubted winner. And he found.

Guy probably not advertised their knowledge of the Japanese language, as well as the fact that it was brought up by Japanese family. But, seeing the miserable condition of civil remaining in the villages and presenting what is now happening in the jungle, he could not stay away. He knew that most of the Japanese people is quite different in its higher and more refined culture, including the military, and the conversation with him is not necessary to start from the position of strength.

The first-night, voluntarily left the post, he went into the jungle, to the site of the alleged position of the Japanese and negotiated disarmed and brought two people. The commander gave him a stern warning and threatened to court-martial. The reaction of some colleagues was also severely otritsatelnoy- from ridicule and insults, to direct accusations of treason.

But that was not the Mexican, probably when he was in a gang, he got into trouble and worse! The next night he again went off and made his way to the cave where the Japanese were hiding. Shot dead by guards, he walked up to the entrance and became krichat- "You are surrounded and you have no choice but to go out and someone is killed. We will treat the wounded! We do not want to kill you! "

As a result of negotiations 50 Japanese soldiers surrendered, laid down his arms. After that, he officially allowed single raid to promote fleeing Japanese. July 7 near the cliffs north of Saipan, he held the whole propaganda speech to the Japanese, and listen to thousands of military and ordinary civilians.



Guy with derived from the jungle civil

During the raid, he learned that the Japanese are preparing "Big Banzai" - a suicide attack on the US position. He warned her, and the Japanese were repulsed with heavy losses for them. This once again proved colleagues that Guy was not a traitor, and his compassion extends only to stop resistance and surrendered.

The next night he took two hours, one of which is sent back to the proposal of the surrender of the gap are the Japanese. After that he went to the Japanese officer who accepted the offer after talks Gaius to surrender and brought him 800 soldiers and civilians, whom he led to their positions. After that, the Mexican became known as the "Pied Piper of Saipan", the nickname of his own colleagues, the affected views of the procession of 800 Japanese, which was headed by Guy himself.



With a Japanese family.

After this incident, Guy went to their daily night raids, trying to persuade the Japanese to surrender for the sake of their future children. In all, he has captivated Americans and led to more than 1,500 Japanese nationals, both military and civilian, was injured while machine-gun fire from an ambush. Probably fanatical militarists specifically hunted for him ...



Another family, saved them.

Some photos on the topic.

Cliff Marpi- him rushed Japanese civilians.


Japanese attempts to persuade his exit.






Soldiers output of civilians out of the jungle.


Guy Gabaldon was presented an award "Medal of Honor", but later it was awarded the Silver Star only. Apparently, the Commission did not like the way, and that apparent at first glance, the ease with which he took the enemy prisoner. Only after the war, he was once again awarded the Cross of the Sea, which is equal to the value of Medals of Honor.

August 31, 2003 died of cardiovascular disease in the city of Old Town, Florida.

This man knew the true value of human life, for the sake of which he repeatedly risked his. He was engaged in saving people who have been abandoned to their fate and their government did not need another. Therefore, Guy will remain in the history of World War II as one of the few soldiers who fought not only by force of arms, but also the power of words ...