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| branch = | nickname = "Pete" | serviceyears = 1954–1980 | rank = 25px Colonel | unit = 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron | battles = Vietnam War | awards = Silver Star Medal Legion of Merit Purple Heart Medal Prisoner of War Medal }} Douglas Brian "Pete" Peterson (born June 26, 1935) is an American politician and diplomat. He served as a United States Air Force pilot during the Vietnam War and spent over six years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese army after his plane was shot down. He returned to Hanoi when he became the first United States Ambassador to Vietnam in 1997. He was an ambassador until July 2001, after which he devoted himself to philanthropic work. ==Early life and education== Peterson grew up in Milton, Iowa and attended college at the University of Tampa. He joined the U.S. Air Force and served in the Vietnam War, where his F-4 Phantom II fighter was shot down on September 10, 1966. He spent six years in prison, a period he described as "hours and hours of boredom, spliced with moments of stark terror." He was released on March 4, 1973. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pete Peterson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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