World War II Honoree

Roger B. Gaiter

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Honored By

A Fellow Veteran

CAPTAIN. VOLUNTEERED FOR THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN, SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE 99TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, 332ND FIGHTER GROUP. HE FLEW 38 SORTIES OVER OCCUPIED EUROPE PRIOR TO BEING DOWNED BY GROUND FIRE IN LATE 1944. PARACHUTED INTO GERMAN-OCCUPIED ROMANIA, IN SPITE OF INJURIES, HE AVOIDED CAPTURE FOR MORE THAN A WEEK. THE REMAINDER OF THE WAR WAS SPENT IN THE GERMAN POW CAMPS STALAG LUFT III, XIIID AND VIIA. HE WAS HIGHLY DECORATED FOR HIS HEROISM AND VALOR.