Donald Reid

Personal Information

Birthplace: Geary County, Kansas

Service Information

Branch of Service: Navy

Unit: USS Wrangell

Theater of Operation: Pacific

Enlisted / Commissioned: Jan 4, 1944

Discharged: Mar 5, 1946

Highest Rank: Ensign

Honored By: Daughter, Joyce A. Reid

Biography

Graduated Kansas State University, civil engineering, 1940; Naval ROTC at K-State; Worked on Alaskan Highway until commissioned as Ensign in January of 1944; Served on ammunition ship, USS Wrangell; watched Marines raise flag on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima on morning of February 23, 1945. In his own words taken from his diary, ‘Marines got flag to top of Mr. Suribachi at 10:25.’ He was a proud, humble veteran of the Greatest Generation.