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James Jones

USA · WWII Pacific — fiction

About

Combat veteran who served at Guadalcanal. His war trilogy — From Here to Eternity, The Thin Red.

Books in Database (2)

From Here to Eternity cover
From Here to Eternity 1951 · 861 pages

Life in an Army infantry company in Hawaii in the months before Pearl Harbor.

Historical Fiction
The Thin Red Line cover
The Thin Red Line 1962 · 510 pages

A novel following an Army rifle company during the Guadalcanal campaign — the second volume of Jones's war.

Historical Fiction

Events Covered

1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor 1942 Guadalcanal Campaign