World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Robert Harvey Nicholson
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Relationship
Self
SERVED AS PILOT IN VT-83 ABOARD USS ESSEX CV-9 IN THE PACIFIC, PARTICIPATING IN OKINAWA AND JAPANESE HOMELAND ATTACKS IN ADDITION TO DROPPING A TORPEDO ON THE JAPANESE BATTLESHIP YAMATA. RESCUED AT SEA AFTER BEING SHOT DOWN OVER AMAMI GUNTO.