World War II Honoree

Donald Morris Green

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Rollin, Michigan

Honored By

Cynthia Green-Edwards

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED AS A RADIO TECHNICIAN ABOARD THE USS BIRMINGHAM AND RECEIVED NINE BATTLE STARS, THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS BAR AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN THEATER OF WAR RIBBON. HE ALSO RECEIVED A CITATION FOR COURAGEOUSLY PERFORMING HIS DUTIES DURING OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ENEMY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AREA OCTOBER 24, 1944. THE USS BIRMINGHAM WENT ALONGSIDE THE USS PRINCETON TO FIGHT RAGING FIRES ON THAT VESSEL CAUSED BY A BOMB DROPPED BY AN ENEMY PLANE. WHILE ALONGSIDE THE PRINCETON, HER AFTER MAGAZINES EXPLODED CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THIS VESSEL AND KILLING AND WOUNDING OVER 50% OF OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE BIRMINGHAM. HE PERFORMED INVALUABLE SERVICE IN EFFECTING SPEEDY RESTORATION OF BATTLE DAMAGE CASUALTIES TO THE RADIO ANTENNA SYSTEM WHICH WAS ALMOST DESTROYED.