Tuskegee Airman Visits Galaxie Library for Black History Month

From Dakota County Library:

Retired United States Air Force Maj. Joseph Gomer will share the remarkable story of the talented and courageous Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American squadron of fighter pilots, on Saturday, Feb. 25, 11 a.m. to noon, at the , 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley.

The Tuskegee Airmen fought the Nazis in the air and on the ground during World War II. Gomer is one of the few surviving Tuskegee Airmen.  

Gomer, born in Iowa Falls, IA in 1920, dreamed of flying airplanes from the time he was a small boy. He took pilot training as a student at Ellsworth College in Iowa Falls before the war. In July 1942, he enlisted in the Army. The Army took note of his pilot training and sent him to Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama to take part in an experimental program launched my congressional order in March 1941.

Dakota County Library is hosting other programs celebrating Black History Month through the month of February. All of the programs are funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.   

To view the entire list of programs, visit the Dakota County Library website, search Black History Month.