Helmet For My Pillow Robert Leckie Review

Leckie s original description of what he and so many other world war ii marines went through was well worth reading.

Helmet for my pillow robert leckie review.

By robert leckie ibooks 2010 reprint softcover 324 pages isbn. Chucker runner smoothface amish ivy league chicken commando loudmouth racehorse artist etc. After watching the excellent adaptation i sought out the original and am glad i did. He has a knack for giving colorful nicknames to his comrades based on their physical or personality characteristics i e.

Robert leckie enlisted in the united states marine corps in january 1942 shortly after the japanese attack on pearl harbor. Okay i ll admit it i first heard of robert leckie and his 1957 memoir helmet for my pillow when i watched hbo s the pacific. The hbo mini series the pacific 2010 was adapted in large part from helmet for my pillow along. Helmet for my pillow from parris island to the pacific.

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. This world war ii classic is the story of the author robert leckie. This account is intimate and detailed. Return to book reviews main menu.

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.