Mayor Proclaims December 7 Joseph Gasper Day

Ellwood City Mayor Anthony J. Court proclaimed December 7, 2019 as “Joseph Gasper Day.”

Court presented a proclamation to Gasper, a Pearl Harbor Survivor. Gasper is our area’s last World War II Pearl Harbor Survivor.

“Mr. Gasper is a War Hero,” Court said.

The mayor was joined in the presentation by Samuel Teolis, a main representative of all veterans in Ellwood City. Teolis is also former Mayor of Ellwood City.

“God Bless these Veterans and all Veterans,” Court said. “They are all hero’s in my eyes!”

Gasper, who has lived in Ellwood City ever since he was discharged from the Army in 1945, turned 101 earlier this year. (READ MORE)

VIDEO: A Pearl Harbor Story: Remembering at Age 101
Gasper was a 23-year-old staff sergeant when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. WQED Pittsburgh interviewed Gasper from his home in Ellwood City in sharing his memories of surviving one of the most infamous days in American history. WQED thanks Joseph Gasper for his service and is honored to preserve the story of one of the nation’s few remaining Pearl Harbor veterans.