Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific (Audiobook)

from lamour

An excellent page turner that I could not put down. Leckie spends a good deal of the book chronicling his training at Parris Island and New River. Through his eyes, we enjoy the many characters he met while training and with whom he fought his battles against the Japanese and the military establi...

from creighley

This is the story of Robert Leckie's experience as an enlisted marine in the Pacific during World War II. Although the hell of war is aptly portrayed, a better "feel" for a foot soldier's war can be had by reading, With the Old Breed by E.B. Sledge. As evidenced in the broad-spectrum of narrative...

from DeltaQueen50

Helmet For My Pillow is the written account of U.S. Marine, author and military historian Robert Leckie on his experiences during the Second World War. The book starts on the day of his enlistment and takes the reader through basic training and his assignment to the 1st Marine Division. He was de...

from Whiskey3pa

Well written account by a Marine in 1st Division who was present until wounded on Peleliu. It is not always pleasant or feel good in nature, which is appropriate for the subject matter. He was not a conformist and had a temper which lands him in the brig, which makes this account a bit more uniqu...

from tbrennan1

I read this book in one sitting as I was engrossed in the experiences of Leckie and his fellow Marines in the Pacific campaign. The author uses his newspaper background to detail a very unsentimental account of how civilians become heroes in the anvil of war. He recounts the horrors of combat and...