The Thin Red Line by James Jones (1998, Paperback, Reprint)

the story of this book is fiction that is not to say that the events in the book may not have happen in much the same way as the author tells it. the story is set on Guadalcanal and is told from the U.S.Armys point of veiw.The author tells the side of the enlisted man, from ship to shore,jungle to mud,mud to hill.The book has a real feel to it that leaves the reader smelling the jungle.A must for anyone interested in the war in the pacific.