Helmet for my pillow is a grand and epic prose poem robert leckies 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 a powerful book that pulls no punches the new york review of books one hell of a book the real stuff that proves the us marines are the greatest fighting men on earth leon uris author of battle cry. Helmet for my pillow is the personal narrative written by world war ii united states marine corps veteran author and military historian robert leckie first published in 1957 the story begins with leckies enlisting in the united states marines shortly after the 1941 attack on pearl harbor . Helmet for my pillow is a grand and epic prose poem robert leckies 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 a powerful book that pulls no punches the new york review of books one hell of a book the real stuff that proves the us marines are the greatest fighting men on earth leon uris author of battle cry. Title helmet for my pillow the world war two pacific classic by leckie robert 2011 author galleryctsnetorg juliane junker 2021 01 20 15 19 13. Pdf helmet for my pillow the world war two pacific classic by leckie robert 2011 free books