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Helmet for my Pillow: The World War Two Pacific Classic by Robert Leckie (Paperback, 2011)
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Robert Leckie's gripping memoir of fighting as a US Marines in World War II, which inspired the epic Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg HBO series, The Pacific. The inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFICHere is one of the most riveting first-person accounts to ever come out of the Second World War. Robert Leckie was 21 when he enlisted in the US Marine Corps in January 1942. 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. 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 sacrifice of war, painting an unsentimental portrait of how real warriors are made, fight, and all too often die in the defence 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 it's really like when victory can only be measured inch by bloody inch. Unparalleled in its immediacy and accuracy, Helmet for My Pillow is a gripping account from an ordinary soldier fighting in extraordinary conditions. 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.'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 HanksProduct Identifiers
PublisherEbury Publishing
ISBN-139780091937515
eBay Product ID (ePID)97825946
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameHelmet for My Pillow: the World War Two Pacific Classic
Publication Year2011
SubjectHistory
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
AuthorRobert Leckie
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight218 g
Item Width126 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorRobert Leckie
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- 24 Mar, 2018
Excellent
After reading E.B.Sledge's accounts of the battles in the south pacific I had to read this and see how it compared. I watched the mini series and loved every minute of it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 31 Aug, 2017
Amazing !
Well worth the read it is an amazing book after watching the TV series I had to buy the book such brave men really please.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 07 Oct, 2018
Great book
Great book easy to read enjoyed itVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 24 Nov, 2021
Heavyweight personal testimony.
Fantastic personal but graphic account of the Pacific War seen through the eyes of an ordinary Marine.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 23 Jan, 2019
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