World War II Honoree

Maynard L. Nichols

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lincoln, Nebraska

Honored By

Judy A. Nemetz, Granddaughter & Vivian B. Nichols, Wife

Relationship

Judy A. Nemetz Granddaughter & Vivian B. Nichols Wife

DOB JULY 14, 1901 - MARRIED VIVIAN QUINN NICHOLS APRIL 4, 1927 - GRADUATED UNIVERSITY OF NE LINCOLN 1925 ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING DEGREE - CHICAGO/BURLINGTON RAILROAD CONSULTING ENGINEER - NE DEPT. OF ROADS & IRRIGATION PROJECT ENGINEER - ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES AIRPORT ENGINEER - DECEMBER 20, 1942 > DECEMBER 8, 1945 U.S. ARMY, U.S. AIR FORCE, REPUBLIC OF CHINA CHIEF ENGINEER PUBLIC WORKS CHINESE NATIONAL MILITARY COUNCIL ASSIGNED AND BUILT THE CBI SUPER FORTRESS BASE IN CHINA USING CHINESE NATIONALS LABOR AND THE MATERIALS WERE REGIONAL NATURAL ROCK RESOURCES, BUILDING AN AIRSTRIP FOR THE U.S. AIR FORCE'S B-29 TO U.S. AIR FORCE SPECIFICATIONS. BASE COMMANDERS ALL SERVICES TURNED THE PROJECT OVER, MAYNARD WAS FIELD COMMISSIONED BY GENERAL C.L. CHENNAULT AIR FORCE RANK, THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA APPOINTED MAYNARD CHIEF ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE CHINESE NATIONAL MILITARY COUNCIL. THE AIRSTRIP DISTURBED CONFUCIUS' BURIAL GROUNDS AND ARTIFACTS - TOGETHER CONSTRUCTION INCLUDED PRESERVATION IN THE STRICTEST RESPECT AND CHINESE HONOR. MAYNARD REFUSED PROMOTIONS IN RANK TELLING 'VINEGAR' JOE STILLWELL, 'MAVERICK AIR FORCE' CLAIRE SCHENNAULT, VHIONG CHUNG-CHENG (CHION KAI-SHET) THE ONLY RANK HE WANTED IN FRONT OF HIS NAME WAS 'MISTER'. MAYNARD, CHIEF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER FOR THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON, D.C. UNTIL RETIRING IN 1970, PROUDLY BUILT V. A. HOSPITALS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. SUBMITTED FOR PRINT IS ONE CIVIAL PICTURE, ONE PICTURE OF THE B-29 LANDING AND ALL FORCES GENERALS WITH MAYNARD AND SUBMITTED WRITTEN IN CHINESE AND SIGNED BY CHION KAI-SHET IS AN ACCOMODATION FROM THE CHINESE NATIONAL MILITARY COUNCIL.