Helmet for my Pillow

A new edition of the classic memoir, originally published in the 1950s, which inspired the epic Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg HBO series "The Pacific". Leckie was 21 when he enlisted in the US Marine Corps in January 1942, and here he tells his story, from boot camp to raging battles in the Pacific. 'A powerful book that pulls no punches' "The New York Review Of Books"

Robert Leckie was born on December 18, 1920 in Philadelphia. After enlisting in the United States Marine Corps shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he worked in the 1st Marine Division as a machine gunner and as an intelligence scout during the Battle of Guadalcanal. He was later awarded the Purple Heart. Helmet for My Pillow received the Marine Corps Combat Correspondents' Annual Award in 1957. He died in December 2001.