John E. Peters

Born October 10, 1943, John E. Peters graduated with a degree in philosophy from Saint Mary’s College of California in 1966. He also spent a year of study at the University of Paris before volunteering for the Army in 1967. He underwent Basic Training at Fort Dix, where he was name Outstanding Trainee of the Cycle. He then completed advanced infantry training at Fort Dix before going on to earn distinction as an Honor Graduate from jump school at Ft. Benning. Following Special Forces training at Ft. Bragg, he volunteered for duty in Vietnam where he joined MACV-SOG and was assigned to FOB 1 in Phu Bai. After several months of running missions with RT Rhode Island, he was selected to be a member of the first class to attend the SOG Reconnaissance Team Leader School. Following the closure of FOB 1 he was sent to CCC at Kontum, where he continued to run missions with a variety of teams. Following his release from the Army, he went on to become the Owner’s Representative and Port Captain in Damman, Saudia Arabia for the American steamship company Pacific Far East Lines. For fifteen years he helped manage the U.S. Air Force’s aerial port at Ramstein, Germany, where he was the first civilian to hold the position of Squadron Operation Officer. A Life Member of the Special Operations Association, he now lives on a small farm in Dresden, Tennessee with his wife Marlow, their four Belted Galloway steers, and a crazy Maine Coon cat named Calzini.