
Here is one of the most riveting first-person accounts ever to come out of World War II. Robert Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January 1942, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In Helmet for My Pillow we follow his odyssey, from basic training...



"A grand and epic prose poem . . . 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...

An eyewitness and participant in some of the greatest battles in the Pacific during World War II offers this vivid account of combat and survival as a U.S. Marine.






The inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC









The true, incredible story of the U.S. Marines in World War II---the toughest fighting men the world has ever seen, in their finest hour.



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