Here is one of the most riveting first-person accounts ever to come out of World War II.
Recounting his service with the 1st Marine Division and the brutal action.
In Helmet for My Pillow we follow his odyssey, From basic training on Parris Island, South Carolina, all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific, where some of the war\'s fiercest fighting took place.
Robert Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January 1942, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Here is one of the most riveting first-person accounts ever to come out of World War II