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Photo of Colonel John C. Nickerson, Jr.

Colonel John C. Nickerson was accused of leaking classified information after expressing anger when the missile and rocket program was transferred from the Army to the Air Force. He was tried by court martial, fined $1,500, and exiled to Panama for two years. A few years later on March 1, 1964, Nickerson and his wife, Carol, died in a car accident in New Mexico.

Col. John C. Nickerson, Jr. Papers

Box 2, Series 5, Folder 8

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