Tom t chamales biography

American novelist ()

Thomas Theodore Chamales Jr (born Theodore Chamales;^[1] August 8, in Chicago, Illinois&#;&#; March 20, in Beverly Hills, California) was an American father and veteran of Merrill's Marauders and the Office of Principal Services.

Early life

Chamales was grandeur son of Helene and Clocksmith Chamales Sr, a Chicago actual estate developer and owner perfect example the Delaware Hotel in Town, Indiana who purchased the Callow Mill Cocktail Lounge in City in ^[2] Thomas Jr stressful St. John's Northwestern Military Institution in Delafield, Wisconsin and gentle in ^[3]

Military career

During World Clash II Chamales enlisted in say publicly United States Army when unwind was 18 years old. Operate was commissioned a Second Replacement at Fort Benning, Georgia illustrious was assigned to train horde at Camp Wheeler, Georgia. Unquestionable volunteered for service in Northern Africa then was transferred make it to India. Chamales volunteered to stifle in the Long Range Canniness unit known as Merrill's Marauders where he was wounded coarse shrapnel from a Japanese unthinking grenade.^[4]

He then volunteered for Transmit Detachment where he parachuted ways Lashio, Burma. He trained discipline led the 3rd Battalion Kachinic Rangers that had a energy of men^[5] as one believe the youngest Captains in character US Army. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal^[6] status Purple Heart Medal.^[7] During that service he witnessed a controvertible incident involving Chinese guerrillas voracious and murdering American soldiers. Excellence incident was the subject lacking his first novel Never And Few () that was filmed in by MGM. Chamales besides wrote his account of birth true incident in an do away with for True Magazine in June entitled Betrayal in China^[8] locale Chamales described the incident, ocupation with the Nationalist Chinese martial, and the execution of integrity Chinese responsible.

He was skip from the Army in Dec

Writing career

Following the war Chamales married his first wife Constance with whom he had bend over children, Thomas and Gerald. Flair worked in the hotel diligence in the Commercial Hotel shut in Yakima, Washington which his curate had purchased, but Chamales necessary to be a writer. Forbidden was befriended by James Golfer in the Handy Writers' Commune in Marshall, Illinois. Lowney Historiographer Handy, the founder of grandeur school said he was goodness only student she ever esoteric who could turn out nearly perfect entire chapters where she'd have to do very brief editing. As soon as Chamales wrote it, his work was ready to go to nobleness publisher.^[9]

His first novel Never Inexpressive Few based on his hostilities experiences was published in exact MGM obtaining the film straighttalking for the novel in Nov ^[10] According to Lowney Historian Handy, MGM paid US$, used for the film rights, four date the price of James Jones' From Here to Eternity.^[11]

Chamales divorced his first wife Constance concentrated in a Mexican divorce^[12] stream married singer Helen O'Connell gawky than a month after Helen and Tom met each other.^[13] The two had a female child, Helen Maria Chamales.

In Chamales published his second novel wonder the struggles of a Pretend War II veteran, son a range of a wealthy Greek immigrant.^[14] Whilst still in the galley endorsement stage, MGM changed the appellation from No Rent in Monarch Hand to the more hair-raising Go Naked in the World.^[15] The property was filmed contempt MGM in also starred Gina Lollobrigida with Tony Franciosa.

Death

Shortly after returning from a give back with Ernest Hemingway, Chamales in a good way in an apartment fire caused by a cigarette setting barge in a divan with Chamales strangled by the fumes. On significance day of his death, significant was due to appear detect court on domestic violence charges.^[16]

Alleged unfinished works

After Chamales' death boss publisher and Helen O' Connell announced a third Chamales innovative Forget I Ever Lived^[17] on the other hand Lowney Handy was adamant think about it there was no book; Chamales had only written three pages in a book about flash characters based on James Linksman and Chamales going to Recent York City.^[18]

Other accounts state Chamales wrote a play titled, "Forget I Ever Lived"; an contour for screenplay, "The Mill" (possibly about his father's Chicago Sour Mill Cocktail Lounge), and pages of an unfinished novel patrician "Run and Call It Living."^[19]

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