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Helmet for my Pillow : : From Parris Island to the Pacific, a Young Marine's Stirring Account of Combat in World War II

Leckie, Robert, 1920- Book - 2010 940.548 Le 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4 out of 5

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Leckie provides one of the most riveting first-person accounts ever to come out of WWII. Follow his odyssey, from basic training to the raging battles in the Pacific.

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A must for the WWII buff submitted by GJBarnett2 on August 26, 2011, 11:01pm One of the finest and most important memories of a WWII US fighting man. Up there with To Hell and Back except Leckie actually wrote this autobiography.

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New York : Bantam, 2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 305 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

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9780553593310
0553593315

SUBJECTS
Leckie, Robert, -- 1920-
United States. -- Marine Corps.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean.