Helmet for My Pillow Free Download Epud By Robert Leckie
| Title | : | Helmet for My Pillow |
| Author | : | Robert Leckie |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 305 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0553593315 |
Here is one of the most riveting first person accounts ever to come out of World War II Robert Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January 1942, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor In Helmet for My Pillow we follow his odyssey, from basic training on Parris Island, South Carolina, all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific, where some Here is one of the most riveting first person accounts ever to come out of World War II Robert Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January 1942, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor In Helmet for My Pillow we follow his odyssey, from basic training on Parris Island, South Carolina, all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific, where some of the war s fiercest fighting took place Recounting his service with the 1st Marine Division and the brutal action on Guadalcanal, New Britain, and Peleliu, Leckie spares no detail of the horrors and sacrifices of war, painting an unvarnished portrait of how real warriors are made, fight, and often die in the defense of their country From the live for today rowdiness of marines on leave to the terrors of jungle warfare against an enemy determined to fight to the last man, Leckie describes what war is really like when victory can only be measured inch by bloody inch Woven throughout are Leckie s hard won, eloquent, and thoroughly unsentimental meditations on the meaning of war and why we fight Unparalleled in its immediacy and accuracy, Helmet for My Pillow will leave no reader untouched This is a book that brings you as close to the mud, the blood, and the experience of war as it is safe to come.Now producers Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman, the men behind Band of Brothers, have adapted material from Helmet for My Pillow for HBO s epic miniseries The Pacific, which will thrill and edify a whole new generation
about Author
Leckie was born on December 18, 1920, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania He grew up in Rutherford, New Jersey He began his career as a writer in high school, as a sports writer for The Bergen Evening Record in Hackensack, New Jersey.On January 18, 1942, Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.He served in combat in the Pacific theater, as a scout and a machine gunner in H Company, 2nd B Leckie was born on December 18, 1920, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania He grew up in Rutherford, New Jersey He began his career as a writer in high school, as a sports writer for The Bergen Evening Record in Hackensack, New Jersey.On January 18, 1942, Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.He served in combat in the Pacific theater, as a scout and a machine gunner in H Company, 2nd Battalion 1st Marines Regiment 1st Marine Division United States Leckie saw combat in the Battle of Guadalcanal, the Battle of Cape Gloucester, and had been wounded by blast concussion in the Battle of Peleliu He returned to the United States in March 1945 and was honorably discharged shortly thereafter.Following World War II, Leckie worked as a reporter for the Associated Press, the Buffalo Courier Express , the New York Journal American , the New York Daily News and The Star Ledger He married Vera Keller, a childhood neighbor, and they had three children David, Geoff and Joan According to Vera, in 1951 he was inspired to write a memoir after seeing South Pacific on Broadway and walking out halfway through He said I have to tell the story of how it really was I have to let people know the war wasn t a musical His first and best selling book, Helmet for My Pillow , a war memoir, was published in 1957 Leckie subsequently wrote than 40 books on American war history, spanning from the French and Indian War 1754 1763 to Operation Desert Storm 1991 Robert Leckie died on December 24, 2001, after fighting a long battle with Alzheimer s Disease 
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Here is one of the most riveting first person accounts ever to come out of World War II Robert Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in Ja
305 pagesRobert Leckie
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