He subjects him to a hazing ritual called “The Treatment,” in which he is forced to perform more duties and pointless labor. To his chagrin, Prew declines the opportunity to box for Holmes’s team. His new company is overseen by Dana “Dynamite” Holmes, who chose Prew partially because he is also a boxer. He arrives at the post with a diminished reputation and an official demotion for having recently complained that a bugler was unfairly promoted over him he insinuated that it was because the officer was in a relationship with the Chief Bugler. He has spent most of his adult life in the army, including six years of service, and is a bugler and former professional boxer. Lee Prewitt, or “Prew,” arrives at his new post at the Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. The novel won the National Book Award, has been adapted into several films and stage dramas, and was given the designation of one of the twentieth century’s best novels by the Modern Library Board. The novel draws from Jones’s own experiences as a soldier in the so-called “Boxing Company” of the Hawaiian Division’s 27th Infantry. Army infantry company who live in Hawaii shortly before Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. Set in 1941, the third year of World War II, it follows several officers of the U.S. From Here to Eternity is a 1951 war novel by American author James Jones.
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