Humanity in War
Guy Gabaldon at the Battle of Saipan By Ron McNinch Chair, Public Administration and Legal Studies Division University of Guam Abstract: This paper and presentation will cover the Guy Gabaldon story. As a part of the USMC force securing Saipan, Gabaldon rescued hundreds of civilians and combatants from the battle lines to safety. Details of Gabaldon’s early life and the formative aspects of his youth will be discussed to explain how and why Gabaldon was able to accomplish his good deeds.
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r. Ron McNinch has been a college professor since 1988 and he has worked at the University of Guam since 1996. He taught for three years at the Huangpu Military Academy in Taiwan and three years as the assistant commandant of Georgia Military College. He enlisted in the infantry in the Georgia Army National Guard and was commissioned in 1984. In the last 26 years, McNinch has conducted scores of studies on public opinion in Guam and the CNMI. He is well known to the community and in 2009, he was honored by being named a Distinguished Professor of Guam.