Robert Leckie

USA · Pacific theater — memoir and histories

About

Marine machine-gunner at Guadalcanal turned prolific military historian. His memoir Helmet for My Pillow became one half of HBO's The Pacific.

A Marine's memoir of Guadalcanal, New Britain, and Peleliu — from enlistment through combat to homecoming.

The United States Marines against Japan, island by island, by a man who fought as one.