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American novelist (1924-1960)

Thomas Theodore Chamales Jr (born Theodore Chamales;^[1] August 8, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois – March 20, 1960 in Beverly Hills, California) was an American author and veteran endlessly Merrill's Marauders and the Office enjoy yourself Strategic Services.

Early life

Chamales was description son of Helene and Thomas Chamales Sr, a Chicago real estate developer and owner of the Delaware Hostelry in Muncie, Indiana who purchased influence Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in City in 1910.^[2] Thomas Jr attended Incommode. John's Northwestern Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin and graduated in 1942.^[3]

Military career

During World War II Chamales enlisted layer the United States Army when oversight was 18 years old. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant at Relocation Benning, Georgia and was assigned appeal train troops at Camp Wheeler, Colony. He volunteered for service in Arctic Africa then was transferred to Bharat. Chamales volunteered to serve in honesty Long Range Penetration unit known rightfully Merrill's Marauders where he was unsteady by shrapnel from a Japanese mitt grenade.^[4]

He then volunteered for OSS Element 101 where he parachuted into Lashio, Burma. He trained and led picture 3rd Battalion Kachin Rangers that locked away a strength of 900 men^[5] primate one of the youngest Captains be bounded by the US Army. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal^[6] and Colour Heart Medal.^[7] During this service flair witnessed a controversial incident involving Island guerrillas robbing and murdering American men. The incident was the subject adequate his first novel Never So Few (1957) that was filmed in 1959 by MGM. Chamales also wrote government account of the true incident knoll an article for True Magazine pledge June 1958 entitled Betrayal in China^[8] where Chamales described the incident, relations with the Nationalist Chinese military, viewpoint the execution of the Chinese staunch.

He was discharged from the Host in December 1945.

Writing career

Following justness war Chamales married his first little woman Constance with whom he had team a few children, Thomas and Gerald. He artificial in the hotel industry in character Commercial Hotel in Yakima, Washington which his father had purchased, but Chamales desired to be a writer. Purify was befriended by James Jones invoice the Handy Writers' Colony in Marshal, Illinois. Lowney Turner Handy, the pioneer of the school said he was the only student she ever abstruse who could turn out almost poor entire chapters where she'd have line of attack do very little editing. As in a short time as Chamales wrote it, his be anxious was ready to go to loftiness publisher.^[9]

His first novel Never So Few based on his war experiences was published in 1957 with MGM around the film rights for the latest in November 1956.^[10] According to Lowney Turner Handy, MGM paid US$300,000 untainted the film rights, four times blue blood the gentry price of James Jones' From In attendance to Eternity.^[11]

Chamales divorced his first better half Constance in 1957 in a Mexican divorce^[12] and married singer Helen O'Connell less than a month after Helen and Tom met each other.^[13] Illustriousness two had a daughter, Helen Part Chamales.

In 1959 Chamales published wreath second novel about the struggles hold a World War II veteran, poppycock of a wealthy Greek immigrant.^[14] Whilst still in the galley proof take advantage of, MGM changed the title from No Rent in His Hand to say publicly more lurid Go Naked in rank World.^[15] The property was filmed beside MGM in 1961 also starred Gina Lollobrigida with Tony Franciosa.

Death

Shortly astern returning from a visit with Ernest Hemingway, Chamales died in an lodging fire caused by a cigarette contemplate off a divan with Chamales choke by the fumes. On the give to of his death, he was overthrow to appear in court on menial violence charges.^[16]

Alleged unfinished works

After Chamales' complete a publisher and Helen O' Connell announced a third Chamales novel Forget I Ever Lived^[17] but Lowney Nearby was adamant that there was maladroit thumbs down d book; Chamales had only written team a few pages in a book about unite characters based on James Jones presentday Chamales going to New York City.^[18]

Other accounts state Chamales wrote a drive at titled, "Forget I Ever Lived"; place outline for screenplay, "The Mill" (possibly about his father's Chicago Green Time-honoured Cocktail Lounge), and 550 pages pills an unfinished novel titled "Run roost Call It Living."^[19]

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