James Jones on Guadalcanal.

THIN Red Line, The (Book : Jones); CRITICISM; JONES, James; WORLD War II -- Fiction; BATTLE of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943; AMERICAN autobiographical fiction

The article presents a literary criticism of the book "The Thin Red Line," by James Jones, and discusses the connections between the narratives of the World War II fiction-memoir and Jones' personal experiences in the Guadalcanal campaign. Discussion is particularly given to the literary and historical accounts of a hand-to-hand combat incident between Jones and a Japanese solider. Questions are raised regarding the extent to which the novel is autobiographical.