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a novel (1951) by the US author James Jones (1921–77) about army life in Pearl Harbor before the Japanese attack. It was made into a 1953 film which won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Fred Zinnemann ), Best Supporting Actress (Donna Reed) and Best Supporting Actor (Frank Sinatra ). The film is remembered especially because of a scene in which two of its other stars, Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster , make love in the waves on a beach. This was regarded as rather shocking at the time.