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Robert Hugh Leckie (December 18, 1920 – December 24, 2001) was a United States Marine and an author of books about the military history of the United States, Catholic history and culture, sports books, fiction books, autobiographies, and children's books.
Robert Leckie, one of the main characters in The Pacific cast, paid a steep entry fee for joining the Marines. In Helmet For My Pillow he writes that he initially attempted to enlist the day after Pearl Harbor, but was told he couldn't enlist until he was circumcised.
Robert Leckie has 57 books on Goodreads with 62948 ratings. Robert Leckie’s most popular book is Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific.
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.
Robert Leckie. 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.
Subscribe to HBO: http://itsh.bo/10qIqsjA look at the life of WWII vet Robert Leckie featuring interviews with the high-profile team behind the HBO miniserie...
The purely human experience of war in the Pacific, written in the graceful imagery of a human being who—somehow—survived.”—Tom Hanks. See Robert Leckie's story in the HBO miniseries The Pacific. Here is one of the most riveting first-person accounts ever to come out of World War II.
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.
Former Marine and Pacific War veteran Robert Leckie tells the story of the invasion of Okinawa, the closing battle of World War II. Leckie is a skilled military historian, mixing battle...
Former Marine and Pacific War veteran Robert Leckie tells the story of the invasion of Okinawa, the closing battle of World War II. Leckie is a skilled military historian, mixing battle...