Peter H. Skala

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Peter H. Skala
Personal details
Born	1924
Died	2017 London, England At
Nativity	Austria
Religion	Protestant
Awards	Silver Star
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	01326224
Rank	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 10 (23 July – 20 September 1943)
Section	5A
Team	IPW 101

Awards and honors

Silver Star

• Listed in By The Numbers/Awards (from Ritchie Boy Secrets by Beverley Driver Eddy).

Teammates

Team — IPW 101

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Peter H. Skala (1924–2017) was a Ritchie Boy (from Austria; Protestant) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 10 and served with IPW Team 101.

Biography

RB 1LT Peter Hans Skala, born Sep 3 1924 in Austria, and passed away in London, England at the age of 92 on April 3 2017. Peter graduated from the 10th class at Camp Ritchie. His family fled Austria just after Kristallnacht in 1938. He received his undergraduate degree at Yale in 1947, and his MA at Yale in 1949. He served in the US Army during WWII as an interrogation officer, a member of the famed "Ritchie Boys". During his service, he used his German language skills to talk enemy soldiers into surrendering. Among his military awards and decorations were the Purple Heart, Silver Star, and the French Legion d'Honneur (in 2014). Following his military service, he began a career in international marketing and executive search. He was a member of the Yale Graduate School Development Committee.

Research notes

• Silver Star; Legion of Honor
• http://lotsastuff.info/download/377thInfantryRegiment.pdf

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	93
Class_ASN	32883052
Class_Name	SKALA, Peter H.
match_method	pass2_unique_name
row_source	both

Sources

• Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-09-27 (1 post)