Gustav Hasford
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Gustav Hasford (1947 - 1993) was a United States Marine who served as a combat correspondent during the Vietnam War. His semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers was later made into the film Full Metal Jacket. Hasford wrote the screenplay together with Stanley Kubrick and Michael Herr.
He later wrote a sequel to The Short-Timers called The Phantom Blooper. His final novel was a detective story called A Gypsy Good Time.
He was born in Russelville, Alabama. He joined the Marines in 1967.
He died of a heart-attack in 1993, in Ithaca, Greece.