Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakahaua a Nickerson ki te Middle East i te marama o Hanuere 1949 ā, i mahi ia hei kaitirotiro hōia a U.S. ki te Misiona o te United Nations i Palestine whai muri i te Pakanga Arab-Israeli
He aha? I wehe atu ia i te Middle East i Akuhata o taua tau ka uru ki te Whare Wananga o nga Ope Taua i Norfolk, Virginia. I whakaotihia e Nickerson te whare wānanga i te Hōngongoi 1950 a i whakatairangahia ia ki te taumata o te koronel.