The HistoryMakers video oral history with Joe Geeter, III.

Military officer Joseph H. Geeter was born in Chicago, Illinois. He earned his B.S. degree in management from Park College. In 1976, Geeter enlisted in the Marine Corps and trained at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot and Basic Logistics School. In 1991, Geeter was deployed to the Republic of the Phili...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Geeter, Joe, III (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Hickey, Matthew (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Geeter, Joe, > III > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Military Officer.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 4 min., 57 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Joe Geeter, III
Joe Geeter, III
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Military officer Joseph H. Geeter was born in Chicago, Illinois. He earned his B.S. degree in management from Park College. In 1976, Geeter enlisted in the Marine Corps and trained at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot and Basic Logistics School. In 1991, Geeter was deployed to the Republic of the Philippines and served as the operations chief and detachment gunnery sergeant for Combat Service Support Detachment-35 in support of MAGTF 4-90. He then completed the equal opportunity advisor's course at the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute and was promoted to master gunnery sergeant in 1990. After retiring in 2001, Geeter was appointed as the corporate employee relations manager for AmeriGas Propane. Geeter also served as the sixteenth national president of the Montford Point Marine Association from 2005 to 2009. He was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal for his service in the U.S. Marine Corps in 2012.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:03:04:57
Credits:Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Limerick, Pennsylvania 2013 March 26.
Source of Description:
Vendor-supplied metadata.