Arthur O. Naujoks, Jr. was born in Tilsit, East Prussia on December 19, 1922. He served in the German Army on the Eastern Front from 1941 to 1945, and was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd Class. After the war he worked for a brief time for RIAS, the voice of Radio Free Europe, following which time he and his wife Traudy emigrated to the United States. He became a U.S. citizen and worked for Chevron Oil Company. He died in Salt Lake City on October 25, 2002.