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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Coast Guard officer killed in helicopter crash off Oahu receives posthumous degree


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U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Josh Nichols

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U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Josh Nichols was posthumously awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in professional aeronautics by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in a ceremony Saturday at Hickam Air Force Base.

Nichols' wife, Danielle, accepted the diploma.
Nichols was one of four Coast Guard officers stationed at Barbers Point who were killed in a Sept. 2008 crash of an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter off Oahu.
Also killed were Cmdr. Thomas Nelson, Lt. Cmdr. Andrew Wischmeier and Petty Officer 1st Class David Skimin.