Helmet for My Pillow is the personal narrative written by World War II United States Marine Corps veteran, author, and military historian Robert Leckie. First published in 1957, the story begins with Leckie's enlisting in the United States Marines shortly after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

Feb 2, 2010 · 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.

In Helmet for My Pillow we follow his journey, from boot camp 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.

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May 15, 2021 · Publication date 2001 Topics Leckie, Robert, Leckie, Robert, 1920-2001, United States. Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean, Military campaigns, Military operations, Naval, Pacific Ocean Publisher New York : Ibooks : Distributed by Simon & …

Sep 12, 2011 · From Parris Island to the Pacific -- a young marine's stirring account of combat in World War II--Cover

Mar 1, 1995 · “Helmet for My Pillow is a grand and epic prose poem. Robert Leckie’s theme is the purely human experience of war in the Pacific, written in the graceful imagery of a human being who—somehow—survived.”—Tom Hanks

Mar 6, 2012 · Helmet for my pillow : from Parris Island to the Pacific, a young Marine's stirring account of combat in World War II by Leckie, Robert, 1920-2001

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.

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.