▁American ▁soldiers . ▁The ▁incident ▁was ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁his ▁first ▁novel ▁Never ▁So ▁F ew ▁( 1 9 5 7 ) ▁that ▁was ▁fil med ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁by ▁M GM . ▁ ▁Cham ales ▁also ▁wrote ▁his ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁true ▁incident ▁in ▁an ▁article ▁for ▁True ▁Magazine ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁entitled ▁Bet ray al ▁in ▁China ▁where ▁Cham ales ▁described ▁the ▁incident , ▁deal ings ▁with ▁the ▁National ist ▁Chinese ▁military , ▁and ▁the ▁execution ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁responsible . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁dis charg ed ▁from ▁the ▁Army ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 4 5 . ▁ ▁Writing ▁career ▁Following ▁the ▁war ▁Cham ales ▁married ▁his ▁first ▁wife ▁Const ance ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁had ▁two ▁children , ▁Thomas ▁and ▁Ger ald . ▁ ▁He ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁hotel ▁industry ▁in ▁the ▁Com mer cial ▁Hotel ▁in ▁Y ak ima , ▁Washington ▁which ▁his ▁father ▁had ▁purchased , ▁but ▁Cham ales ▁desired ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁writer . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁be fri ended ▁by ▁James ▁Jones ▁in ▁the ▁Hand y ▁Writ ers ' ▁Col ony ▁in ▁Marshall , ▁Illinois . ▁Low ney ▁Turner ▁Hand y , ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁school ▁said ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁student ▁she ▁ever ▁had ▁who ▁could ▁turn ▁out ▁almost ▁perfect ▁entire ▁chap ters ▁where ▁she ' d ▁have ▁to ▁do ▁very ▁little ▁editing . ▁As ▁soon ▁as ▁Cham ales ▁wrote ▁it , ▁his ▁work ▁was ▁ready ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁the ▁publish er . ▁ ▁His ▁first ▁novel