Helmet for my pillow: from Parris Island to the Pacific
(CD Audiobook)

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Published:
[Old Saybrook, Conn.] : Tantor Audio, 2010.
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CD Audiobook
Physical Desc:
9 sound discs (10 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Follow John Leckie's odyssey, from basic training on Parris Island, South Carolina, all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific, where some of the war's fiercest fighting took place. Recounting his services with the 1st Marine Division and the brutal action on Guadalcanal, New Britain and Peleliu, Leckie spares no detail of the horrors and sacrifices of war.

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Hamden/Miller Adult Talking Book CD
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9781400110506, 1400110505

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Unabridged.
General Note
Compact discs.
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Read by John Allen Nelson.
Description
Follow John Leckie's odyssey, from basic training on Parris Island, South Carolina, all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific, where some of the war's fiercest fighting took place. Recounting his services with the 1st Marine Division and the brutal action on Guadalcanal, New Britain and Peleliu, Leckie spares no detail of the horrors and sacrifices of war.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Leckie, R., & Nelson, J. A. (2010). Helmet for my pillow: from Parris Island to the Pacific. Tantor Audio.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Leckie, Robert, 1920-2001 and John Allen Nelson. 2010. Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific. Tantor Audio.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Leckie, Robert, 1920-2001 and John Allen Nelson, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific. Tantor Audio, 2010.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Leckie, Robert, and John Allen Nelson. Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific. Tantor Audio, 2010.

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