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  1. 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.

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    • Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific Robert Leckie.
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  3. 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 .

  4. Complete order of Robert Leckie books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.

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    • December 24, 2001
    • December 18, 1920
    • Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific.
    • Okinawa: A Decorated Marine's Account of the Last Battle of World War II.
    • Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan.
    • Challenge for the Pacific: Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War.
  5. Feb 2, 2010 · 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.

  6. Robert Leckie was a reporter before enlisting in the Marines shortly after Pearl Harbor. The book follows him from his training at boot camp at Parris Island until his return to the States after being wounded at Peleliu, one of the bloodiest battles fought by the Marines in the war.

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