Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Joseph Gomer
Joseph Gomer
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| Other authors / contributors: | Gomer, Joseph, 1920-2013, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Duluth, Minnesota 2002 August 12.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Military officer Major Joseph Gomer served as a fighter pilot with World War II's famed Tuskegee Airmen. From the time he was a small boy, he dreamed of flying airplanes. When he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942, Gomer signed up for pilot training, and received his wings in May 1943. He was assigned as a second lieutenant to the segregated 332nd Fighter Group and sent to Ramitrella, Italy, to join the 301st Fighter Squadron. Gomer fought in more than sixty-eight sorties flights against the Germans. He crash-landed a P-39 and was bullet ridden in a P-47, Gomer stayed with the U.S. Air Force after the War when President Truman signed Executive Order 9981 integrating the United States Armed Forces. After retiring from the U.S. Air Force, Gomer worked for the U.S. Forestry Service where he earned recognition for his work in providing equal opportunities for minorities. Gomer passed away on October 10, 2013 at age 93.
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