Robert Leckie

United States Marine / Author

1920   -   2001

country of citizenship: United States of America
language of expression: English
educated at: St. Mary High School
occupation: journalist, historian, writer
award received: Purple Heart

Ebooks: on Gutenberg.org

Robert Leckie (December 18, 1920 – December 24, 2001) was a United States Marine and author of books on United States military history, sports, fiction, autobiographies, and children's books. As a young man, he served with the 1st Marine Division during World War II; his service as a machine gunner and a scout in the war greatly influenced his work. Leckie's war memoirs, Helmet for My Pillow, along with Eugene B. Sledge's book With the Old Breed, formed the basis for the HBO series The Pacific (2010), the follow-on series to Band of Brothers. Leckie is portrayed in the miniseries by James Badge Dale.
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