{"product_id":"helmet-for-my-pillow-from-parris-island-to-the-pacific-paperback","title":"Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Leckie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A grand and epic prose poem . . . The purely human experience of war in the Pacific, written in the graceful imagery of a human being who--somehow--survived.\"--Tom Hanks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSee Robert Leckie's story in the HBO miniseries \u003ci\u003eThe Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is one of the most riveting first-person accounts ever to come out of World War II. Robert Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January 1942, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In \u003ci\u003eHelmet for My Pillow\u003c\/i\u003e we follow his odyssey, from basic training on Parris Island, South Carolina, all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific, where some of the war's fiercest fighting took place. Recounting his service with the 1st Marine Division and the brutal action on Guadalcanal, New Britain, and Peleliu, Leckie spares no detail of the horrors and sacrifices of war, painting an unvarnished portrait of how real warriors are made, fight, and often die in the defense of their country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the live-for-today rowdiness of marines on leave to the terrors of jungle warfare against an enemy determined to fight to the last man, Leckie describes what war is really like when victory can only be measured inch by bloody inch. Woven throughout are Leckie's hard-won, eloquent, and thoroughly unsentimental meditations on the meaning of war and why we fight. Unparalleled in its immediacy and accuracy, \u003ci\u003eHelmet for My Pillow\u003c\/i\u003e will leave no reader untouched. This is a book that brings you as close to the mud, the blood, and the experience of war as it is safe to come.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Leckie was the author of more than thirty works of military history as well as \u003ci\u003eMarines\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of short stories, and \u003ci\u003eLord, What a Family!\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eRaised in\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eRutherford, New Jersey, he started writing professionally at age sixteen, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ecovering sports for \u003ci\u003eThe Bergen Evening Record\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eof Hackensack. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on the day following the attack on Pearl Harbor, going on to serve as a machine gunner\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand as an intelligence scout and participating in all 1st Marine Division campaigns except\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eOkinawa. Leckie was awarded five battle stars, the Naval Commendation\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eMedal with Combat V, and the Purple Heart. \u003cb\u003eHelmet for My Pillow\u003c\/b\u003e (Random House, 1957) was his first book; it received the Marine Corps\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eCombat Correspondents Association award upon publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.02 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 02, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978512498989,"sku":"9780553593310","price":22.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/M1VwSDFqTWNNYW1DMmVtUldKOThoQT09.webp?v=1775805567","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/helmet-for-my-pillow-from-parris-island-to-the-pacific-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}