The thin red line

ISBN: 9781453215678 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1453215670 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource remote 1 online resource.
Publisher: New York, NY : Open Road Integrated Media, c1991.

Jones, James 1921-1977 (Author).

Summary: They are the men of C-for-Charlie company-- "Mad" 1st Sgt. Eddie Welsh, Pvt. 1st Class Don Doll, Pvt. John Bell, Capt. James Stein, Cpl. Fife, and dozens more just like them -- infantrymen who are about to land, grim and white-faced, on an atoll in the Pacific called Guadalcanal. This is their story, a shatteringly realistic walk into hell and back. In the days ahead, some will earn medals, others will do anything they can dream up to get evacuated before they land in a muddy grave. But they will all discover the thin red line that divides the sane from the mad -- and the living from the dead -- in this unforgettable portrait that captures for all time the total experience of men at war.