William Robert Nichols was born and raised as normally as any boy during the era between the Great Depression and World War II. However, as the people who have met William and have spent time with him can tell you, William was always uniquely one of a kind and destined for great things. Fire in the Hole follows the stories of William as remembered by his loving daughter, Nancy Nichols. From her earliest memories, Nancy Nichols tells a tale of what William endured to provide for his only daughter. Nichols has the reader follow William all over the world, from the aftermath of Nagasaki and Hiroshima to the South China Sea. One thing can be said from this adventure spanning a lifetime, nothing can compare to what a father will do for his only child, except maybe what a daughter can do for her father.