Correa '73 Featured in News Article

The weekly Erie News series "Remembering our Veterans" recently relayed the story of LTC (R) Peter Correa '73. Currently an educator at Mercyhurst University, Correa was born in Rio de Janeiro, emigrated to the United States as a child and finished high school in Fort Myers, Florida. After graduation, it was off to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, the start of an incredible journey across the globe. "I think it's an issue of Duty, Honor, Country," said Correa. Peter Correa certainly made a commitment to those ideals; his military career started in 1968 and he remained active until 1996; from West Point Cadet to spending four years in Germany to becoming an Airborne Ranger Infantry Officer, defending the Panama Canal. "No one wants peace more than a soldier," said Correa. "We are there to preserve and sustain." Read more.