That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.
James Jones (born November 6, 1921) witnessed the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. He later wrote about his experiences in the classic novel, From Here to Eternity. He also wrote The Thin Red Line, based on his time as a soldier in Guadalcanal.
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