The Thin Red Line Author:James Jones They are the men of Charlie Company ~ "Mad" 1st/Sgt. Eddie Welsh, S/Sgt. Don Doll, Pvt. John Bell, Capt. James Stein, Cpl. Fife, and dozens more just like them - infantrymen in "this man's army" who are about to land grim and white faced on an atoll in the Pacific called Guadalcanal. — In the days ahead, some will earn med... more »als; others will do anything they can dream up to get evacuated before they land in a muddy grave. But they will all discover the tin red line that divides the sane from the mad...and the living from the dead... in this now classic novel that captures for all time the total experience of men at war.« less