Ebook {Epub PDF} Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie

" 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 Hanks "One hell of a book! In Helmet for My Pillow, Robert Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January , shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. This riveting first-person account follows 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. Helmet for My Pillow is widely praised as a "classic" memoir of the Pacific Theater during World War II. The author, Robert Leckie, was a Marine who saw combat at Guadalcanal, New Britain, and Peleliu where he was seriously wounded. War books are stories of tragedy and suffering but also of valor/5().

Robert Leckie was 21 when he enlisted in the US Marine Corps in January 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. Robert Leckie was an American author and historian. His service with the 1st Marine Division in World War Two as a machine gunner and a scout greatly influenced his later work. Helmet for my Pillow was first published in and Leckie passed away in ― Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific. 9 likes. Like "It was a darkness without time. It was an impenetrable darkness. To the right and left of me rose those terrible formless things of my imagination, which I could not see because there was no light. I could not see, but I dared not close my eyes lest the.

Helmet for My Pillow Quotes Showing of “It is an American weakness. The success becomes the sage. Scientists counsel on civil liberty; comedians and actresses lead political rallies; athletes tell us what brand of cigarette to smoke.”. ― Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific. “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.”. 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 , the story begins with Leckie's enlisting in the United States Marines shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. According to his wife Vera, Leckie was inspired to write the book in after seeing South Pacific on Broadway and walking out halfway through it. He said, "I have to tell the story of how it really was.