Here is one of the most riveting first-person accounts to ever come out of the Second World War. Robert Leckie was 21 when he enlisted in the us marine corps in January 1942. In we follow his journey, from boot camp on p...Here is one of the most riveting first-person accounts to ever come out of the Second World War. Robert Leckie was 21 when he enlisted in the us marine corps in January 1942. In we follow his journey, from boot camp 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.