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- Kenneth Alford (also known as Major Fredrick Joseph Ricketts) wrote his march The Thin Red Line in 1908 (published in 1925) to commemorate the "thin red line".
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Dec 18, 2016 · Writer Paul Maggioni examines James Jones' novel, The Thin Red Line, and the parallels of Jones' life on Guadalcanal during World War II.
- Rasheeda Smith
The Thin Red Line is American author James Jones's fourth novel. It draws heavily on Jones's experiences at the Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse during World War II's Guadalcanal campaign. The author served in the United States Army's 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division.
- James Jones
- 1962
At a time when the standard infantry formation was a square when defending against charging cavalry, the Highlanders in their bright red jackets spread out in a thin red line so the enemy could not bypass them.
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Apr 23, 2010 · The herculean struggle to get Terrence Malick's first movie in two decades–a film version of James Jones's war epic The Thin Red Line –to the screen was complicated not only by its elusive...
Apr 10, 2023 · THE THIN RED LINE was adapted from army veteran James Jones’s 1962 novel of the same name, which was based on his combat experience on Guadalcanal and was regarded by figures including Paul Fussell and Sir John Keegan as the greatest American novel about World War II.
Aug 7, 1998 · "The Thin Red Line" was published in 1962 as the middle of James Jones' war-time trilogy that began with From Here to Eternity and concluded with Whistle, which he was working on at the time of...
Dec 20, 2011 · With “shattering prose,” the New York Times–bestselling author of From Here to Eternity captures the intense combat in the battle of Guadalcanal (San Francisco Chronicle). In August of 1942 the...
