African American. Alaska Highway. Company A. Born: April 17, Edgefield County, SC. Died: October 12, 2013, Largo, Prince George’s County, MD. Enlisted: January 17, 1942, Ft. Jackson, Columbia, SC.
Education: four years of college at A&M State College. After he was discharged from the Army, he returned to college and received a BS degree in Agriculture.
Civilian occupation: Before the Army he was a carpenter; he was employed and retired from the US Postal Service; a brick layer and finally an elder/minister at the Little Rock Church of Christ.
His father was Edward “Eddie” Nicholson, a farmer and his mother was Amy Williams Nicholson. He married Mary Ellen Young (1922-2012).
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