Robert Hugh Leckie (December 18, 1920 – December 24, 2001) was a United States Marine and an author of books about the military history of the United States, Catholic history and culture, sports books, fiction books, 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 during the war greatly influenced his work.
Leckie's war memoir, 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-up series to Band of Brothers. In the miniseries, Leckie is portrayed by James Badge Dale.
Read more...The December 18, 1920 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♐. It was the 352 day of the year. President of the United States was Woodrow Wilson.
If you were born on this day, you are 104 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 320 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, December 18, 2025, in 44 days. You have lived for 38,306 days, or about 919,364 hours, or about 55,161,864 minutes, or about 3,309,711,840 seconds.
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British Minister will ignore Constantine; French envoy will leave Athens
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new shocks at Tepelini; tidal wave accompanies shock at Saseno
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By Permission of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
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Metropolitan Museum announces series of free lectures
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Cobb signed
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correspondence with Father O'Flanagan