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Helmet for my pillow : from Parris Island to the Pacific /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leckie, Robert, 1920-2001
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks, 2010.
Edition:Bantam books Trade paperback ed.
Subjects:
Leckie, Robert, > 1920-2001.
United States. > Marine Corps.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations.
Military campaigns.
Military operations, Naval.
Pacific Ocean.
1939 - 1945
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives, American.
Personal narratives > American.
Description
Summary: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.
Item Description:Originally published: New York : Random House, 1957.
"A young Marine's stirring account of combat in World War II."
Physical Description:305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
ISBN:9780553593310
0553593315