James Jones

James Jones was born in December 19,1943. Jones was born and raised in Ralunsen, Illinois. The son of Ramon and Adam Jones. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1939 and served in the 25th Infantry Division before and during World War 2. His wartime experience inspired some of his famous works. He witnessed the Japaneses attack on Pearl Harbor, which led to his first published novel "From Here to Eternity". His second published novel, "Some Come Running" had its roots in the first attempted novel, which he called "They Shall Inherit the Laughter".

Jones assisted in the formation of the Handy Writers Colony in Marshall, Illinois, funded largely on the financial success of "From Here to Eternity" . Jones would not live long enough to see the completion of his last novel, "Whistle" because Jones knew he was dying of congestive heart failure while writing it. The posthumous publication of whistle in 1978 saw the completion of Jones war trilogy of which he wrote : "It will say jus say about everything I ever had to say, or will ever have to say, on the human condition of war and what it means to us, as agaisnt what we claim it means to us".

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