World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Paul W. Nicholson
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Ipswich, Massachusetts
Honored By
USS Block Island Association
SERVED ABOARD BOTH OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND SHIPS, CVE-21 AND 106 AS AN AVIATION METALSMITH. HE SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE CVE-21, BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. IT WAS HIS 19TH BIRTHDAY.