Helmet For My Pillow Summary
1500 1500.3 10 Oct 14 From: Lance Corporal Woodwick, Erik B 0231, 2nd Battalion 3rd Marine Regiment Headquarters and Service Company, S2
To: Corporal Albright, Calvin, 2nd Battalion 3rd Marine Regiment Headquarters and Service Company, S2
Subj: BOOK REPORT OF “Helmet for my Pillow” BY ROBERT LECKIE
1. Recommendations
a. Audience. I recommend “Helmet for my Pillow” to every single Marine. The book was phenomenal in going into detail about exact events that happened to the 1st Marines during WW2. The author is writing the novel in 1st person point of view and his recollections of the events that took place. Since the author is writing in 1st person point of …show more content…
Synopsis. The book begins with Leckie volunteering for the Marine Corps on January 5, 1942 from his home in New Jersey. Leckie was sent to MCRD Paris Island for boot camp. Next, Leckie and the other recruits were sent to New River for more training and finally the order to ship out via San Francisco to the Pacific.
Aboard the transport George S. Elliot, the Marines land at Guadalcanal on August 7, 1942 at Red Beach. The landing is anti-climactic, as there are no Japanese defending the landing beach and the only drama is becoming lost and discovering a cache of Japanese beer.
Leckie's role in combat is he is a 30 caliber machine gun assistant for the Second Battalion, First Regiment of the First Marine Division. Told to dig in along the Ilu River, Leckie and his comrades experience their first combat during the Battle of Teneru when Japanese advance from the eastern side of the river against their prepared machine gun and barbed wire positions. The Marines were able to successfully repel the Japanese’s attacks at Teneru. Leckie and the other Marines of the 1st Marine Division were relieved by the US Army from Guadalcanal on December 14, 1942, the last Marines to leave
To: Corporal Albright, Calvin, 2nd Battalion 3rd Marine Regiment Headquarters and Service Company, S2
Subj: BOOK REPORT OF “Helmet for my Pillow” BY ROBERT LECKIE
1. Recommendations
a. Audience. I recommend “Helmet for my Pillow” to every single Marine. The book was phenomenal in going into detail about exact events that happened to the 1st Marines during WW2. The author is writing the novel in 1st person point of view and his recollections of the events that took place. Since the author is writing in 1st person point of …show more content…
Synopsis. The book begins with Leckie volunteering for the Marine Corps on January 5, 1942 from his home in New Jersey. Leckie was sent to MCRD Paris Island for boot camp. Next, Leckie and the other recruits were sent to New River for more training and finally the order to ship out via San Francisco to the Pacific.
Aboard the transport George S. Elliot, the Marines land at Guadalcanal on August 7, 1942 at Red Beach. The landing is anti-climactic, as there are no Japanese defending the landing beach and the only drama is becoming lost and discovering a cache of Japanese beer.
Leckie's role in combat is he is a 30 caliber machine gun assistant for the Second Battalion, First Regiment of the First Marine Division. Told to dig in along the Ilu River, Leckie and his comrades experience their first combat during the Battle of Teneru when Japanese advance from the eastern side of the river against their prepared machine gun and barbed wire positions. The Marines were able to successfully repel the Japanese’s attacks at Teneru. Leckie and the other Marines of the 1st Marine Division were relieved by the US Army from Guadalcanal on December 14, 1942, the last Marines to leave