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James A. Nist lived an extraordinary life in his 24 years. Raised
on a New Jersey farm, he graduated high school at 16, earned a
Bachelor's from Rutgers University, and a private pilot's license.
In 1942, he joined the Navy as an aviation cadet, earning his wings
and an officer's commission in the Naval Reserve. He became
proficient in three of the Navy's high-performance combat aircraft:
the SBD Dauntless dive-bomber, the F6F Hellcat fighter and the F4U
Corsair fighter. In 1945, he deployed to the Pacific aboard the
carrier USS Bunker Hill and flew combat missions over Japan, Iwo
Jima and Okinawa. Drawing on Nist's letters and personal papers and
official Navy documents, historian Bryan J. Dickerson tells the
story of his great uncle's life and service during World War II.
Formed in July 1943 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, the 16th Armored
Division was the last U.S. armored division to be activated in
World War II, the last deployed to the European Theater and the
last to see combat. As the war in Europe was coming to an end,
General George S. Patton chose the division to spearhead a daring
advance into Czechoslovakia. In its first and only combat
operation, the 16th liberated the city of Pilsen, forever endearing
itself to the Czech people. Poised to continue to the capital city
of Prague, the division was halted not by German resistance but by
political rivalries between the Western powers and the Soviet
Union. Official U.S. Army records and veteran accounts tell the
story of the unit's brief two-year existence and its successful
mission.
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