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10/10/1923 – N/A, Branch: Navy, Rank: Photographer Mate 2nd Class, Outfit: VG, Service Dates: 1942 – 1946, Veteran Station: Johnson

My name is Nicholas Rider. I’m 14 and last year I published my first book. How’s that? you ask. Well, it started with my grandfather. Grandpa was a veteran of World War II, and maybe because I loved building model airplanes, I always used to ask him about what he’d done in the war. He was pretty modest about it. “Not a whole lot,” he said.

Branch: Navy Rank: Fireman 1st Outfit: B Division (Boiler Room) Service Dates: 1945 – 1946 Conflicts/Significant Events: World War II: He went in with Occupation forces in the Philippines. In the last operation against Japan, he went in with occupation force. He manned a 22-millimeter gun.

HOW I PROFITED FROM MY POW EXPERIENCES
1. I learned to make light of, Laugh or use humor to combat adversity as apposed to griping or complaining about.
2. I developed a higher level of accountability for myself and for others.