Evening Record in Hackensack. Upon hearing of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Leckie joined the Marines and served nearly three years in the Pacific theater, winning eight battle stars, four Presidential Unit Citations, the Purple Heart, and the Naval Commendation Medal with Combat V. His wartime experiences formed the basis of his acclaimed first book, Helmet For My Pillow.
Following World War II, Leckie continued his journalistic career, writing for the Associated Press and the New York Daily News and serving as an editor for MGM newsreels. Leckie is also the author of March to Glory, The General and numerous other military history and historical fiction books. Robert Leckie died on December 24, 2001.
Helmet for My Pillow
The General
March to Glory
By Robert Leckie
Above & Beyond
By Charles Patrick Weiland
Guadalcanal: Starvation Island
By Eric Hammel
Marauder Man
By Kenneth T. Brown
A Gallant Company
By Jonathan F. Vance
Samurai!
By Saburo Sakai with Martin Caidin and Fred Saito
Zero
By Masatake Okumiya and Jiro Horikoshi with Martin Caidin
Fork-Tailed Devil: The P-38
The B-17: The Flying Forts
By Martin Caidin
Vietnam: A Reader
By the Editors of Vietnam magazine
Operation Vulture
By John Prados
Company Commander Vietnam
By James Estep
What They Didn’t Teach You About The Civil War
What They Didn’t Teach You About World War II
By Mike Wright
48 Hours to Hammelburg
By Charles Whiting
Black Devil Brigade
By Joseph A. Springer
Silence on Monte Sole
By Jack Olsen
Blue Skies and Blood
By Edwin P. Hoyt
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