![]() ![]() At other times, the petty discipline and denial of home leave has tragic effects.Īs for battle, there is a variety of experiences. For instance he makes many pithy observations about officers, their ways, their airs and their privileges. He doesn’t sanitize things either or imply everyone was a big happy family. He covers things that others don’t –being AWOL, being drunk and being in the brink. Apart from the battlefields, Leckie writes of his training on Parris Island and extensively of leave in Melbourne. First published in 1957 it is a fairly raw account of life and battle as a Marine. ![]() Leckie was with the 1st Marine Regt (2nd Bn) of the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal, New Britain and Peleliu. Again, my focus will be on the amount of combat each author reveals. I'll concentrate on the US memoirs first but I have a number of British and Australian accounts to look at as well. These include Sledge's 'With the Old Breed' and Robert Leckie's 'Helmet for my pillow' (which is reviwed below). It seems that several books provide the foundation for this new series. With the new mini-series ' The Pacific' due out next year I've begun to take a look at some of the memoirs I have assembled about the war against Japan. ![]()
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