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Lakota Sioux to be Inducted Into South Dakota Aviation Hall of Fame: Homer Claymore Honored Fifty Eight Years After His Death

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From: The Native Voice
Date: 20020816
Author:Anonymous

LAWRENCE, Kan. - Homer Claymore became the true embodiment of a Lakota warrior battling the enemy during World War II as the pilot of a B-17. Born November 17, 1918, on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, the young man who had been so full of promise and was his mother's favorite child lost his life in the skies over Germany. Although his life was short he proved he was one of the brightest and best the Lakota people had to offer.

He will be recognized for his bravery in battle and for the greatest sacrifice anyone can make when he is inducted into the South Dakota Aviation Hall of Fame at ...

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