Iowa State University Will Honor Clarinda Man Killed in World War II
November 02, 2021
November 02, 2021
AMES, Iowa, Nov. 2 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release:
Despite catastrophic damage to the aircraft flown by Donald T. Griswold Jr. during the Battle of Midway, he did not retreat.
Griswold was born July 8, 1917, to Don Griswold Sr. and Margaret North Griswold in Bryan, Texas. Five years later the family returned to Griswold Sr.'s home state of Iowa to a farm in Amity Township outside Clarinda. Griswold Sr. became the Page County Extension ag . . .
Despite catastrophic damage to the aircraft flown by Donald T. Griswold Jr. during the Battle of Midway, he did not retreat.
Griswold was born July 8, 1917, to Don Griswold Sr. and Margaret North Griswold in Bryan, Texas. Five years later the family returned to Griswold Sr.'s home state of Iowa to a farm in Amity Township outside Clarinda. Griswold Sr. became the Page County Extension ag . . .