James Jones
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Raised in Robinson, Illinois, James Ramon Jones joined the U.S. Army at seventeen, where battles on Guadalcanal and the Pearl Harbor attack forged the material for his writing. His debut, From Here to Eternity, secured the 1952 National Book Award and was adapted into a 1953 film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture and later a television series. The Thin Red Line, reflecting his Guadalcana…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
