Playbill

August, 1962

Writing a terse résumé of his life, novelist James Jones once devoted only one thin line to his World War II career: "Aptd Cpl 13 May 42 red to Pvt 3 Dec 43; Aptd Sgt 1 Mar 44 red to Pvt 20 Mar 44." Now, nearly 20 years after he was wounded at Guadalcanal, he has gone back to the silent gap between From Here to Eternity (which ended with the bombing of Pearl Harbor) and Some Came Running (which picked up the khaki thread of the veteran's life immediately after V-J Day) to complete his...