Helmet for my pillow
from Parris Island to the Pacific, a young Marine's stirring account of combat in World War II
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Word Count
76,250 words, Guess
Page Count
305 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25570415M
- ISBN-139780553593310
- ISBN-100553593315
- OCLC Control Number368020576
- OCLC Control Number642005507
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- OCLC Control Numberhelmetformypillo00leck_252
- Library of Congress Control Number2010293295
- WikidataQ126697809
Classifications
- LCCD811.L3547 A3 2010
Description
This is a real story of a Marine's ordeal fighting the Japanese in the South Pacific during World Two. Amazing stories reveals what Marine Combat was like during the Island Campaign that took so many lives of Japanese and Americans.
Description
Leckie provides one of the most riveting first-person accounts ever to come out of WWII. Follow his odyssey, from basic training to the raging battles in the Pacific.
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