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USS LEXINGTON Former Crew Member

Name: Nixon, Harold D.

Email: [email protected]

Service Dates: 1944 - 1945

Rank/Duty Assigned: K-1 S2C. Radio Communications

Submitted by Grandson: Michael Nixon

Hello, My name is Michael Nixon; I am the grandson of Harold Dean Nixon. Granddad served on the Lexington CV-16 in World War II, he worked as a radio operator in communications. He tells me that he was the one who received and relayed radio transmissions regarding the atomic bomb at Hiroshima. Today, Granddad is extremely active and in decent health for being 82. He does not own a computer, nor does he have access to the internet, but when I see him I enjoy showing him pictures and reading stories online about the battles and hearing his first hand account.