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==Background==
==Background==
Though born in Westwego in Jefferson Parish,<ref name=ejnicholson/> Nicholson was listed at the age of sixteen in the 1940 U.S. Census as residing in Eunice in St. Landry Parish in the 1940 U.S. Census, along with his grandfather, Ensche Jeansonni (born c. 1877), and his parents, John Nicholson, II (born c. 1903), and Eve Nicholson (born c. 1904).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.com/1940-census/elwyn-nicholson-la-13372498|title=Elwyn Nicholson|publisher=archives.com|accessdate=October 17, 2014}}</ref> He graduated from Eunice High School and attended on a [[football]] scholarship [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] but after an injury transferred to [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=ejnicholson/>
Though born in Westwego in Jefferson Parish,<ref name=ejnicholson/> Nicholson was listed at the age of sixteen in the 1940 U.S. Census as residing in Eunice in St. Landry Parish in the 1940 U.S. Census, along with his grandfather, Ensche Jeansonni (born c. 1877), and his parents, John Nicholson, II (born c. 1903), and Eve Nicholson (born c. 1904).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.com/1940-census/elwyn-nicholson-la-13372498|title=Elwyn Nicholson| in the 1940 census|publisher=archives.com|accessdate=August 25, 2020}}</ref> He graduated from Eunice High School and attended on a [[football]] scholarship [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] but after an injury transferred to [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=ejnicholson/>
In 1944, Nicholson enlisted in the [[United States Army]]. Fluent in [[French language|French]], he became an interpreter in [[New Caledonia]] on the staff of [[General]] [[Douglas MacArthur]]. Having studied pre-medicine, he ran a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, or MASH unit, when he was transferred to [[Okinawa]], where he met Rose Marie Wojtyna (born January 1923), an Army Nursing Corps officer whom he soon married.<ref name=ejnicholson/>
In 1944, Nicholson enlisted in the [[United States Army]]. Fluent in [[French language|French]], he became an interpreter in [[New Caledonia]] on the staff of [[General]] [[Douglas MacArthur]]. Having studied pre-medicine, he ran a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, or MASH unit, when he was transferred to [[Okinawa]], where he met Rose Marie Wojtyna (born January 1923), an Army Nursing Corps officer whom he soon married.<ref name=ejnicholson/>