Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An umurci Nickerson zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya a watan Janairun 1949 kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai lura da sojojin Amurka tare da Ofishin Jakadancin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a Falasdinu bayan yakin Larabawa-Isra'ila
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya bar Gabas ta Tsakiya a watan Agusta na wannan shekarar kuma ya shiga Kwalejin Ma'aikatan Sojoji a Norfolk, Virginia. Nickerson ya kammala kwalejin a watan Yulin 1950 kuma an daukaka shi zuwa matsayin colonel.