Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific audiobook runs 10.6 hours unabridged, narrated by John Allen Nelson (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 5,212 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Allen Nelson
John Allen Nelson narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 92 hours in all.
- History Is Wrong
- This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking
- Our Lady of Guadalupe: Mother of the Civilization of Love
- The Simple Diet: A Doctor's Science-based Plan
- Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
825 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
- Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny
- In Pieces
- The Elephant Whisperer: My Life With the Herd in the African Wild
- Tiny Beautiful Things (10th Anniversary Edition): Advice from Dear Sugar (A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick)
Other recordings
- The 2026 recording read by AI Voice Matt runs 1.6 hours shorter (9 hours).
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific is an audiobook by Robert Leckie: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by John Allen Nelson, released February 26, 2010, on the Memoirs and Military (Biography & Memoir) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Allen Nelson
- Released
- February 26, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Military (Biography & Memoir)
- ISBN
- 9781400180509
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific audiobook?
Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.
Is the Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific?
Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific is narrated by John Allen Nelson.
Is Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.5 hours.