Robert Leckie (author)

Robert Hugh Leckie 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.

18 December 1920

Born on the same birth day (18 December): Crispian Steele-Perkins • Jean Pronovost • Manolo Peña • Ossie Davis • Peter Wessel Zapffe • Sia

Born in the same month (December 1920): Bruce Hobbs • Carlo Azeglio Ciampi • Clarice Lispector • Dave Brubeck • Denis Jenkinson • Frederick Rotimi Williams • Kurt Schaffenberger • Mary Ivy Burks • McDonald Bailey • Nadir Afonso • Nobel Prize in Chemistry • Peter Dimmock • Reginald Rose • Tatamkhulu Afrika • Tufty Mann • Walter Nowotny