In my opinion, the best "rating" is NC. You just sit around and have people come to kiss your @$$ (because they want a good order). However, NC is not an entry level job.
Btw, "rating" is the job/occupation specialty and "rate" is the combination of the paygrade and rating ex: BM1, GM2 etc.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.