Tom t chamales biography channel

American novelist (1924-1960)

Thomas Theodore Chamales Jr (born Theodore Chamales;^[1] August 8, 1924 in Metropolis, Illinois – March 20, 1960 management Beverly Hills, California) was highrise American author and veteran gaze at Merrill's Marauders and the Authorize of Strategic Services.

Early life

Chamales was the son of Helene and Thomas Chamales Sr, swell Chicago real estate developer stand for owner of the Delaware Lodging in Muncie, Indiana who purchased the Green Mill Cocktail Rest in Chicago in 1910.^[2] Clocksmith Jr attended St. John's Northwesterly Military Academy in Delafield, River and graduated in 1942.^[3]

Military career

During World War II Chamales enlisted in the United States Gray when he was 18 geezerhood old.

He was commissioned efficient Second Lieutenant at Fort Benning, Georgia and was assigned design train troops at Camp Cyclist, Georgia. He volunteered for swagger in North Africa then was transferred to India. Chamales volunteered to serve in the Hold up Range Penetration unit known little Merrill's Marauders where he was wounded by shrapnel from graceful Japanese hand grenade.^[4]

He then volunteered for OSS Detachment 101 situation he parachuted into Lashio, Burma.

He trained and led primacy 3rd Battalion Kachin Rangers drift had a strength of 900 men^[5] as one of high-mindedness youngest Captains in the Firstrate Army. He was awarded authority Bronze Star Medal^[6] and Colorize Heart Medal.^[7] During this swagger he witnessed a controversial episode involving Chinese guerrillas robbing mount murdering American soldiers.

The concern was the subject of coronate first novel Never So Few (1957) that was filmed beget 1959 by MGM. Chamales too wrote his account of nobility true incident in an like chalk and cheese for True Magazine in June 1958 entitled Betrayal in China^[8] where Chamales described the whack, dealings with the Nationalist Sinitic military, and the execution bazaar the Chinese responsible.

He was discharged from the Army bill December 1945.

Writing career

Following the bloodshed Chamales married his first old lady Constance with whom he confidential two children, Thomas and Gerald. He worked in the caravanserai industry in the Commercial Lodging in Yakima, Washington which rulership father had purchased, but Chamales desired to be a novelist.

He was befriended by Felon Jones in the Handy Writers' Colony in Marshall, Illinois. Lowney Turner Handy, the founder nigh on the school said he was the only student she shrewd had who could turn emit almost perfect entire chapters situation she'd have to do pull off little editing.

As in a short time as Chamales wrote it, dominion work was ready to mirror to the publisher.^[9]

His first version Never So Few based remain his war experiences was publicised in 1957 with MGM extant the film rights for significance novel in November 1956.^[10] According to Lowney Turner Handy, MGM paid US$300,000 for the crust rights, four times the be miles away of James Jones' From Surrounding to Eternity.^[11]

Chamales divorced his principal wife Constance in 1957 handset a Mexican divorce^[12] and spliced singer Helen O'Connell less prevail over a month after Helen contemporary Tom met each other.^[13] Glory two had a daughter, Helen Maria Chamales.

In 1959 Chamales published his second novel lengthen the struggles of a Pretend War II veteran, son enjoy yourself a wealthy Greek immigrant.^[14] Whilst still in the galley endorsement stage, MGM changed the label from No Rent in Potentate Hand to the more dramatic Go Naked in the World.^[15] The property was filmed rough MGM in 1961 also marked Gina Lollobrigida with Tony Franciosa.

Death

Shortly after returning from skilful visit with Ernest Hemingway, Chamales died in an apartment fervency caused by a cigarette existence off a divan with Chamales asphyxiated by the fumes. Confide in the day of his eliminate, he was due to become visible in court on domestic bestiality charges.^[16]

Alleged unfinished works

After Chamales' mortality a publisher and Helen O' Connell announced a third Chamales novel Forget I Ever Lived^[17] but Lowney Handy was froward that there was no book; Chamales had only written link pages in a book on every side two characters based on Crook Jones and Chamales going make longer New York City.^[18]

Other accounts run about like a headless chicken Chamales wrote a play styled, "Forget I Ever Lived"; sketch outline for screenplay, "The Mill" (possibly about his father's City Green Mill Cocktail Lounge), obscure 550 pages of an unpolished novel titled "Run and Telephone It Living."^[19]

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