They fight for another month, before they get on a navy ship destined for Melbourne where a crewman tells them that the Division is regarded as being heroes for their part in Guadalcanal. Leckie is portrayed in the miniseries by James Badge Dale; Vera is portrayed by Caroline Dhavernas. During his fruitless search, he is knocked back by an explosion, collides with a tree and the impact wounds him badly. They all became good friends throughout the war, with Chuckler becoming the unofficial leader of the group. Leckie and his friends participate in a "Stateside Lottery" which determined who among the Marines will go home. Bill "Hoosier" Smith, who was a runner for Captain "High-Hips", who Leckie did not like at first because of his surly nature which hid some apprehension and fear for what lay in store for him at Guadalcanal. Ronnie Gibson, a fellow marine who was admitted to the psych ward for attempting suicide after being caught trying to steal a plane and flying home while on Pavuvu. Leckie and his friends are later seen in Melbourne, where many of the marines have gone UA (unauthorized absence), including Leckie and all of his friends save for Hoosier, who wanted to catch some extra sleep. [4] Leckie subsequently wrote more than 40 books on American war history, spanning from the French and Indian War (1754–1763) to Desert Storm (1991). He and the 1st Marine Regiment are then seen landing on the shores of Guadalcanal with the rest of the 1st Marine Division, strangely, with no resistance. While he is leaving, he talks with Gibson, who has clearly been traumatized and disturbed by his experiences. For information about the Canadian aviator, see, "HBO series illuminates N.J. Marine's book on World War II experience | NJ.com", https://www.worldcat.org/title/secret-mission-to-alaska/oclc/7712193, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/45761, "The Pacific Miniseries Unfolds Through Rutherford Veteran's Eyes", "Booknotes: 'Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II' by Robert Leckie", "Simple search – author – "Leckie, Robert, "HBO series illuminates N.J. Marine's book on World War II experience", Historical interview footage of Robert Leckie, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Leckie_(author)&oldid=985467454, American Marine Corps personnel of World War II, Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 October 2020, at 03:17. Due to his wounds, he was evacuated to an army field hospital in the Pavuvu Islands. In terms of personality, Leckie is one of the most complicated characters of the series. [2], Following World War II, Leckie worked as a reporter for the Associated Press, the Buffalo Courier-Express, the New York Journal American, the New York Daily News, and The Star-Ledger.
Leckie is later seen greeting the 1st Battlion, 7th Marine Regiment along with the rest of his unit. Stella's mother had become very fond of him and Stella would hate to see how harshly this would effect her mother should he be killed and never return. She states that her mother has ais going to die. According to Vera, in 1951 he was inspired to write a memoir after seeing South Pacific, a musical on Broadway and walking out halfway through. Leckie then gives his opinion on religion, basically that if God cared about them, why is he letting the war happen? Larkin also points out that Leckie has accidentally urinated in his pants, and he goes to a medic to find out that he has nocturnal enuresis. He replies that he's proposing that she takes a walk with him, and she asks coyly if he knows what take a walk means. After boot camp at Paris Island (during which he failed miserably at the rifle test) he was assigned to his company at New River. On January 18, 1942, Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He continues to write letters to Vera. she asks playfully. Prior to his admittance to the overflow ward, Leckie scares a corpsman with the pistol briefly before asking what to do with it. Leckie could not find Chuckler during the assault. Offscreen, Leckie soon reunites with his friends once more, with Chuckler and Hoosier having survived their respective wounds. Deze pagina is voor het laatst bewerkt op 28 mei 2017 om 21:54. After returning from the hospital, he returns home and moves back into his house, all the while finding out to his dismay that Vera Keller was dating an army officer, Lt. Charles Dunworthy.
[1] He served in combat in the Pacific theater, as a scout and a machine gunner in H (How) Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division (H/2/1). Leckie and Chuckler in the trenches of Guadalcanal. He was survived by his wife of 55 years, his three children, two sisters, and six grandchildren. Leckie died in 2001, the same year that The Pacific's predecessor. Naar aanleiding van zijn ervaringen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog schreef hij het boek Helmet for my pillow (1957). According to World Catalogue,[10] Robert Leckie, writing as "Roger Barlow", also wrote six juvenile boy adventure books called "The Sandy Steele" series; all six are available at Gutenberg.org.
A man Pfc. [11], This article is about the military historian Robert Leckie. While there, he finds Pfc. Later schreef Leckie nog meer dan veertig boeken over de Amerikaanse oorlogsgeschiedenis, van de negentiende-eeuwse oorlogen tot Desert Storm in 1991. Leckie later meets a replacement, who is none other than Eugene Sledge who had just met teammate Sidney Phillips, who just happened to be Sledge's best friend.
He began his career as a writer in high school, as a sports writer for The Bergen Evening Record in Hackensack, New Jersey. He hides behind a log for a while before he opens fire, killing all four of the soldiers before they could even shoot, earning praise from 2nd Lt. Stone, if only a small amount. Mede op basis van zijn memoires Helmet for my pillow werd de miniserie The Pacific gemaakt. Ronnie "Kid" Gibson was a marine who served in Robert Leckie's unit in Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester before being incarcerated. As a young man, he served in the United States Marine Corps 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.
Fortunately, Runner catches up to Leckie unscathed and is told that Hoosier got hit. Sledge replies that God does not need to. He served in the 1st Marine Division, seeing action in all its major campaigns until halfway through Peleliu as a scout and a machine gunner serving in How company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, before being transferred to 2nd Battalion intelligence, and later back to How Company. [1] On January 18, 1942, Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Leckie was born on December 18, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Forced to wear uniforms with large "eight balls" painted on, to identify an escapee, they both return to camp to discover that Leckie has been transferred out of Corrigans unit to an intelligence unit to the dismay of both Leckie and Chuckler. Runner gets shot, but not too seriously, and Leckie goes to get a corpsman and a radio operator to replace the one who just died of his wounds. Leckie is given the nickname "Peaches" by Runner who was suffering from the runs at that time. Leckie and Vera talk, and it is here that it is revealed that Leckie's letters to Vera were abandoned by him when he thought that he wasn't going to live. Leckie finally wears the unused uniform, and he goes to Vera's house, winning her over with a furious Dunworthy driving off in his car. He returned to the United States in March 1945 and was honorably discharged shortly thereafter. https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Leckie&oldid=49188050, Amerikaans militair in de Tweede Wereldoorlog, Wikipedia:Lokale afbeelding gelijk aan Wikidata, Wikipedia:Commonscat met lokaal zelfde link als op Wikidata, Creative Commons Naamsvermelding/Gelijk delen, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Division. I have to let people know the war wasn't a musical. After drinking the syrup from the can too quickly, Leckie vomits. However, Leckie and his friends could not participate because of all the trouble they have caused throughout their time in the war prior, much to their anger and frustration. He grew up in Rutherford, New Jersey. Leckie was born on December 18, 1920, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to an Irish Catholic family of eight children. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Leckie, Chuckler, Runner, and Hoosier after the Battle of the Tenaru. Leckie also held a dislike towards Lt. Hugh Corrigan, his Commanding Officer in Guadalcanal, as he was a Dartmouth College graduate (hence the nickname, "Ivy League") and given a commision thus, in Leckie's point of view, Corrigan was not a real Marine. They continue to date and he and Vera eventually marry and have three children: David, Geoff, and Joan. Leckie later watches his friend get promoted to Corporal by Lt. Hugh "Ivy League" Corrigan; however, Leckie was virtually ignored, despite having done similar deeds, leading to Leckie developing a dislike of Corrigan.
In both his memoirs and the series, Leckie was brigged in Melbourne after a case of Gross Insubordination and Assaulting an Officer. Leckie subsequently wrote more than 40 books on American war history, spanning from the French and Indian War (1754–1763) to Desert Storm (1991). They make it, but they are severely shaken the next morning, including Leckie. Robert Bob Leckie (Philadelphia, 18 december 1920 - 24 december 2001) was een Amerikaans marinier, journalist en schrijver.Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog vocht hij in de Grote Oceaan en Azië.Mede op basis van zijn memoires Helmet for my pillow werd de miniserie The Pacific gemaakt. Leckie and Chuckler in the Battle of the Tenaru. On a navy ship with his friends talking about what is in store for them, Chuckler suggests that it is going to be a turkey shoot, while Leckie quotes the Greek poet Homer just before the regiment goes topside. This box and pistol are later confiscated by Larkin, whom he later steals his pistol back from, causing a confrontation between the two, ultimately ending with Larkin sending Leckie to mess hall duty. However, he, like other marines, has suffered from psychological trauma courtesy of the war, but it doesn't affect him as badly as others like Eugene Sledge. Leckie's comrades laugh as they take pot shots at the man, hitting him a few times. He was a charming and intelligent person, and he can be a ladies man when he needs to be. At the end of the war, he still keeps some of his basic traits and he becomes an accomplished author for the rest of his life.
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