Chamales volunteered to serve in the Long Range Penetration unit known as Merrill's Marauders where he was wounded by shrapnel from a Japanese hand grenade.
[7] During this service he witnessed a controversial incident involving Chinese guerrillas robbing and murdering American soldiers.
Lowney Turner Handy, the founder of the school said he was the only student she ever had who could turn out almost perfect entire chapters where she'd have to do very little editing.
[10] According to Lowney Turner Handy, MGM paid US$300,000 for the film rights, four times the price of James Jones' From Here to Eternity.
In 1959 Chamales published his second novel about the struggles of a World War II veteran, son of a wealthy Greek immigrant.
[14] Whilst still in the galley proof stage, MGM changed the title from No Rent in His Hand to the more lurid Go Naked in the World.