Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakahaua a Nickerson ki te Middle East i te marama o Hanuere 1949 ka mahi hei kaitirotiro hoia a US me te United Nations Mission i Palestine whai muri i te
Pakanga Arapi-Ihirama. 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 oti a Nickerson i te whare wānanga i te Hōngongoi 1950 a i whakatairangahia ia ki te taumata o te koroneela.