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Username: supereasy
Character Name: lewis nixon
Rank: captain
What Army Will You Serve Beneath? : US(American)
Nationality: American
Character History:

Lewis Nixon was born to Stanhope Wood Nixon and Doris Ryer Nixon on September 30, 1918 in New York City. He was the elder brother of Blanche Nixon (born 1923) and Fletcher Ryer Nixon (who died in infancy in 1922).[1] He was a grandson of shipbuilder Lewis Nixon (1861-1940) and Sally Wood Nixon (died 1937). At age seven, Lewis took third place in the model yacht regatta at Conservatory Lake in Central Park on May 22, 1926, earning a gold and bronze medal in the 35-inch (890 mm) boat class.[2] As a youth, Nixon lived in New York City and Montecito, California; he traveled the world extensively, including Germany, France, and England. Nixon attended Yale University for two years.

He enlisted in the army on January 14, 1941. On December 20, 1941, he married Katharine Page of Phoenix, Arizona.[3]

After graduating from Army Officer Candidate School in 1941 as a second lieutenant, Nixon made the decision to join the paratroops. He was assigned to Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Nixon went through the regimental unit training and pre-airborne training at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, and Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia, eventually training at many locations throughout the United States and England for the invasion of France.

Nixon was appointed as the 2nd Battalion intelligence officer, and showed enough skill at his job to be moved up to the regimental level as 506th Infantry S2, shortly after Easy Company took Carentan on June 12, 1944. He served in Normandy, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany, though he never fired a shot. However, in Holland he was hit by a stray bullet from a German MG-42 machine gun. The bullet went through Nixon's helmet but did not kill him. It only grazed his forehead and left a small burn mark. He developed a drinking problem, and was eventually removed and assigned back down to the 2nd Battalion as the operations officer (S3), where he continued to display his skill at planning and operations, but did not have to deal with the politics and high visibility at the regimental level. In Berchtesgaden, he had first choice of a captured, extensive wine collection originally assembled at Hermann Goering's expense.

Nixon was one of the few men of the 101st Airborne to jump with another division or regiment. On March 24, 1945, Nixon was assigned by General Maxwell Taylor as an observer with the 17th Airborne Division on Operation Varsity. Nixon's plane took a direct hit after he and three others got out. He is also one of a very few men in the 101st to earn three Combat Jump Stars on his Jump Wings.

He ended the war with the rank of captain. He saw the defeat of Germany, and returned home in September 1945.

He is known and remembered for his love of the blended whisky VAT 69. This is commemorated several times in the book and miniseries Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose. Lewis Nixon was also remembered as always having a source of whisky no matter where the company was.

Writing Sample:

i walked forwards. it was january and it was cold. i took a swig of my vodka then dropped the bottle because it was empty my feet crunched the snow. i heard a sound i turned around and looked at the trees. i fired 20 bullets at each then walked to them behind one was a dead naizs. i smiiled id killed somebody again.

Approved/Denied?: Denied
Staff Notes:

Denied, For copying the character history from wikipedia and writing sample is too short. You should look on other accepted applications to see how they write the sample. You may create another application with your own history and an improved writing sample. Sorry

~Antonio

[Rolf Reinard]

good chaecter history! writigng sample is too short man maybe you can lengthn it?

[Giordano Bertello]

Ditto. The character history has great depth, perfect for an FRPG, though put an equal amount of love in the writing sample, as Rolf Reinard said.

That space functions as the first blotch of text the staff shall see of your roleplaying skills, not merely a 'how would your character react in that situation' and since we all know that the first impression is the best, I'd say give your best! Tips:
- Be overly pedantic and descriptive (you know, like J.K. Rowling in the first harry potter books)
- Use complex sentence structure (A mere subject verb object structure is a bit too simple and brief. Add substance to your text by adding complexity to your english!)
-Write your roleplay as if you would write a book! (Imagine if you actually would write a book to pay for all the pizza you might scoff on weekends. Having some sort of practice at writing in a compelling way is always great for a head start!)

I assumed you were a bit too excited when joining or after finishing the big good history, so you neglected objective no.2. Perfectly understandable, I'm not new to the event.

Worry not, you can post again if you wish, just like I'm doing while waiting for the admin to finally activate my account....

[Sorry if I'm seeming pedantic, but I think it would be a pity for a character with that much depth to end up not being taken!]

[Joel Trifilio]

Just also know he took the char history from wikipedia. Lewis Nixon is a character on Band of Brothers

[Giordano Bertello]

Ouchie. That takes away all the magic, it seems.

Silly me, not watching such obligatory pieces of filmed art as BoB!

[WC C.#3 Diamond, N. E.]

*scratches chin* He just copied and pasted the history, sorta obvious by the reference tags that Wiki uses. Joel you are quite observative, but then again, you failed to notice one thing: Nixon does not drink Vodka, but Whiskey. The history sorta stated it.