{"id":132,"date":"2023-06-07T11:38:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T11:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/bov\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2026-06-08T13:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T13:06:30","slug":"colonel-james-e-nicholson-jr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/bov\/board-of-visitors-membership\/colonel-james-e-nicholson-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Colonel James E. 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