35+ The Helmet For My Pillow Background. Recounting his service with the 1st marine division and the brutal action on guadalcanal, new britain, and peleliu, leckie spares no detail. Helmet for my pillow is the personal narrative written by world war ii united states marine corps veteran, author, and military historian robert leckie.first published in 1957, the story begins with leckie's enlisting in the united states marines shortly after the 1941 attack on pearl harbor.
― robert leckie, quote from helmet for my pillow and now to that victim whose sign rose above the world two thousand years ago, to be menaced now by that other sign now rising, i say a prayer of contrition.
― robert leckie, quote from helmet for my pillow and now to that victim whose sign rose above the world two thousand years ago, to be menaced now by that other sign now rising, i say a prayer of contrition. To begin to fill this gap in my own understanding, i recently read helmet for my pillow robert lecke, 1957, 305 pp. and with the old breed [e.b. This is the way i remember it. From little teeny cushions that can be utilized to enhance doorknobs to giant cushions that can be made use of as additional seats, cushions can change the appearance of the room in an instant!