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The ranks of the Class of 1930 lost a long and honored warrior on 19 March 1969 (Colonel <em>Arthur Carey Peterson</em>, “Pete” to his many friends). Pete, like many of his friends from Corregidor who later were prisoners of the Japanese, physically never completely recovered his good health.</p>
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Pete was born 20 August 1905 in New Rochelle, New York. He entered the United States Military Academy in June 1926 and graduated as well as marrying Idabelle (Spiff) Knowles on 12 June 1930. He then served as an Antiaircraft Battery Officer in the Coast Artillery Corps. After various Coast Artillery Corps assignments in the United States and Panama (one of which was Aide to General Gulick) he found himself and family (which now included daughter Anne) on Corregidor in 1939. When Corregidor fell in 1942. Pete was with the Prisoner of War groups that went from Cabanatuan to Formosa to Fukuoka, Japan, to Mukden, Manchuria—where he remained until liberated by the Russians in August 1945.</p>
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After World War II Pete joined the Intelligence field with the Army Security Agency. One exception was the year from July 1952 to July 1953. During this time he commanded both the 24th Antiaircraft Artillery Group and the 53d Antiaircraft Brigade at Swarthmore. Pennsylvania. It was also during this year that he lost his beloved wife "Spiff."</p>
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During the next eight years until he retired in January 1961, he served as either Chief of the Army Security Agency Europe or Chief of Staff, Headquarters, Army Security Agency, Washington.</p>
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It was during his two tours as Chief, Army Security Agency Europe, that he fell in love with both his adopted country, West Germany, and with his beloved second wife, Tanja von Breska. Pete and Tanja were married in Frankfurt on 24 February 1961, where they lived enjoying retirement, and later in Hanau, Germany, until Pete’s passing.</p>
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His decorations and citations included: the American Defense Service Medal; the American Theatre Campaign Medal; the World War II Victory Medal; the Asian-Pacific Campaign Medal; the Presidential Unit Citation with two oak leaf clusters; the Philippine Campaign Medal; the Philippine Liberation Ribbon; and the Philippine Independence Ribbon. He also was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart, the Army Commendation Medal, and seven overseas bars.</p>
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Colonel Peterson is survived by his wife Tanja, Hanau, Germany; daughter, Anne, wife of Lieutenant Colonel William M. Bradley, Washington, D.C.; daughter Marion Kellervon Breska, St. Blaise, Switzerland; daughter, Ilona von Moller, Frankfurt, Germany; daughter Beatrice Schiller, Frankfurt, Germany; son, Peter von Breska, Frankfurt, Germany; and three brothers, Alf, Greenwich, Connecticut; Carl, New Rochelle, New York; and Walt, Carmel, California.</p>
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<em>—Tanja Peterson-von Bresk</em></p>