Helmet for My Pillow
Memoir Accessible Primary Sources
🇺🇸 American
A Marine's memoir of Guadalcanal, New Britain, and Peleliu — from enlistment through combat to homecoming.
Why Read This Book
Featured alongside Sledge's memoir in HBO's The Pacific. Leckie writes with a novelist's eye for character and dark humour that.
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Where to Buy
ISBN: 978-0553593310
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