Helmet for My Pillow: The True, Incredible Story of the US Marines in World War II - Softcover

Leckie, Robert

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9780743479370: Helmet for My Pillow: The True, Incredible Story of the US Marines in World War II

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ISBN 10: 0743479378 ISBN 13: 9780743479370

Publisher: ibooks Inc, 2004

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Drawing on his own personal experiences, a renowned military historian offers a vivid account of combat and survival during World War II as he chronicles the exploits of the U.S. Marines as they battled their way across the Pacific toward Japan. Reprint.

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"One hell of a book! The real stuff that proves the U.S. Marines are the greatest fighting men on earth!"

“Helmet for My Pillow is a grand and epic prose poem. Robert Leckie’s theme is the purely human experience of war in the Pacific, written in the graceful imagery of a human being who—somehow—survived.”—Tom Hanks

“One hell of a book! The real stuff that proves the U.S. Marines are the greatest fighting men on earth!”—Leon Uris, author of "Battle Cry"

"Helmet for My Pillow is a grand and epic prose poem. Robert Leckie's theme is the purely human experience of war in the Pacific, written in the graceful imagery of a human being who--somehow--survived."--Tom Hanks

"One hell of a book! The real stuff that proves the U.S. Marines are the greatest fighting men on earth!"--Leon Uris, author of "Battle Cry"

Helmet for My Pillow is a grand and epic prose poem. Robert Leckie s theme is the purely human experience of war in the Pacific, written in the graceful imagery of a human being who somehow survived. Tom Hanks

One hell of a book! The real stuff that proves the U.S. Marines are the greatest fighting men on earth! Leon Uris, author of Battle Cry"

"Helmet for My Pillow is a grand and epic prose poem. Robert Leckie's theme is the purely human experience of war in the Pacific, written in the graceful imagery of a human being who--somehow--survived."--Tom Hanks

"One hell of a book! The real stuff that proves the U.S. Marines are the greatest fighting men on earth!"--Leon Uris, author of Battle Cry

From the Publisher:

Robert Leckie's gripping memoir of fighting as a US Marines in World War II, which inspired the major new Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg HBO series, The Pacific.

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