33+ Helmet For My Pillow Audio Background. Tom hanks, one of the executive producers, has written and narrated an original introduction to helmet for my pillow, where he describes his appreciation for the book's author, the narrators, and the soldiers who had fought in the cauldron of the pacific theater during world war ii. Robert leckie enlisted in the united states marine corps in january 1942, shortly after the japanese attack on pearl harbor.
Recounting his service with the 1st marine division and the brutal action on guadalcanal, new britain, and peleliu, leckie spares no detail.
First published in 1957, the story begins with leckie's enlisting in the united states marines after the 1941 japanese attack on pearl harbor. Unparalleled in its immediacy and accuracy, helmet for my pillow will leave no one untouched. In helmet for my pillow, we follow his odyssey, from basic training on parris island,. 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.