Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

A Young Marine's Stirring Acount of Combat in Word War II

De: Robert Lackie

Narrado por: Johann Zeiger

Helmet for My Pillow is a personal memoir of the war in the Southern Pacific by the 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 after the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Deployed to Guadalcanal, New Britain, and New Guinea, where some of the war's fiercest fighting took place, he is finally wounded and evacuated from the island of Peleliu. Recounting his service on the front line and visits to Australia, Leckie paints a realistic portrait of how real warriors are made in a struggle against a deadly enemy.

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Not Luck; Leckie.

What a good picture of life as a marine trying to survive the bloody and brutal
Pacific theater. A great tale for perspective of how quickly the niceties of life can disappear.

in awe of our greatest generation

absolutely breathtaking! can ever forget the sacrifice of these heroes to defend our (taken for granted) freedom. men like this don't exist anymore and our enemies know it 😔

Thank you for Saving Us.

As a former 24-year veteran I'm amazed by the men that survived WWII. This book takes you knee-deep into the jungles and foxholes with Lucky. I visit his grave every Memorial Day. Usually, I tape a card to his tomb that reads, Thank you for Saving Us. This book is highly recommended.

The sacrifice of a marine and the prose of the author

A story of sacrifice and the search for what it all means and why it matters and what that sacrifice purchased.

Great story but the narrator needs to go.

I will try to be respectful but with an audible story that you are trying to get into. It’s extremely distracting with sharp highs in tone of voice and a constant whistle from dental fixtures. It took away from the context I was trying to hear with clarity.