From the Feb. 15, C&G Newspapers, Michigan by Brian Louwers.
He received his second dose of virus medicine Feb. 15 and also celebrated birthday number 101. Just a few days earlier he had bought lunch for 130 people in his building at Park Place Heritage Village in Warren, Michigan.
"Nick" Joswiak was born in Texas in 1920 and his family suffered during the Great Depression so at age 16. he left them and moved to Detroit where he worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps. After Pearl Harbor, he knew exactly what he wanted to do and enlisted in the Marines which he did in 1942.
This is when he received his "new nickname." When asked what his name was, he replied "Adolph Joswiak." They told him, "You can't have a name like that and join the Marine Corps." He told them to give him a nickname and that was when he became "Nick." The name stuck.
He fought the Japanese for the next three years in the Pacific.
He landed with the Marines on Guam, New Caledonia and Okinawa. Much of his time was with the 2nd Marines.
--GreGen
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