"Helmet for My Pillow"
By Robert Leckie
In January 1942, in the aftermath of the infamous Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Robert Leckie enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. From boot camp on Parris Island, to the bloody war in the Pacific, Leckie describes his time in the service as he experienced it. He recounts the combat he witnessed as the U.S. Marines battled inch by inch, island by island, across the Pacific to the shores of Japan.