Air Force History of G Lee REASOR

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Military History 22: Retirement

Military History 21: Denver

Military History 20: Texas

Military History 19: BYU AFROTC

Spokesman Review: Witnesses Recall B-52 Collision

Mililtary History 18: Fairchild Crash

Military History 17: The Cold War

Military History 22: Retirement

Military History 4: Pilot Training

Military History 1: Enlistment

Military History 3: The Church

K.D,Wood U.S.Navy July 1943 - March 1946

Kirt DeMar Wood and his brother Lex, 1368 Park St. SLC, UT about 1937

Registration Card 1943

Kirt DeMar Wood U.S.Navy

31 Dec 1943 to 30 Jun 1944

30 Apr 1944 Report of Changes U.S.S. Nave  Hospital Seattles Washington

 Kirt DeMar Wood

briefly transferred to the Marines

1944 Marine Corps Muster Roll

back in the U.S.Navy

1944 Camp Pendleton, CA 

Kirt - 2nd from R

31 Aug 1944 date of Sailing / Report of Changes of U.S.S. Servpac Admin., Servpac Hospital Corp Pool

Hill, 

Murry Madsen-St George, Utah, 

V. Carl Merrel-New Mexico, 

K. D. Wood, Salt Lake City, Utah 

Oct or Nov 1945

 'Dee" at Long Beach LDS Chaple, Oct 1945

 Thayne Harris-Malad, Idaho,

K.D. Wood-Salt Lake City, Utah

'Buz' Irwin,

K.D. Wood,

Red Court,

Ken Hayden,

 On back of photo: L.S.T.34 Daydock, Consolidated Corp. October 1945 San Pedro, Calif.

Yes, she is too big-longer than a football field. Higher up than it looks too. Big loaded Army trucks can go thru that mouth.  guns are all off at this "setting." Big daydoch too.

K.D.Wood very back with hat straight over forehead

Liae Hawaii LDS Temple

Honolulu Tabernacle 

K.D.Wood

Dee and Lex

Dee and Lex

These brothers saw each other only once During the War. 

On back of photo: June 17, 1945. Yes, 'dis is me. no, this is not the same picture as the other one with only me. I hope you like these "pix." Army shoes. Yes, that's my adam's apple - whose esle do you think it is or could Be? The flag is a church flad (a cross). Notice in other pictures.  All my Heart "Dee"

The 3 PhM's L.S.T.34

July 14 1945 At Sea

[Pharmacist Mates]

on back of photo: 3 pals July 14 1945

Hayden - Davenport, Iowa

Irwin DuBois, PA

Wood, S.L.C, Utah

Wood, Hayden July 14 1945

[I believe that Ken Hayden became a minister, the Wood family visited Iowa about 1957, a few years later Hayden passed away.]

On back of photo: "Court", "Woody", Irwin July 14 1945. At Sea. On Way Back to States. [Courtney, Wood, Irwin]

K.D.Wood

Battle of Leyte Gulf 1944

2 Jun 1945

Awarded a Purple Heart

K.D.Wood, SLC, Utah

Note: more photo and information could be added.

Celebrate July 4th - Our Family Contributions to Freedom

Grandfathers Build the Nation - Revolutionary War: 

from pedigree chart of  Daniel Breckenridge REASOR:
Paul RAZOR 1750-1835
Michael Jr. REASOR 1760-1843
from pedigree chart of  Elizabeth Jane BELL:
Phillip SHUCK 1760-1835
Johannes Martin Shuck 1723-1804

from pedigree chart of James Warren LYTLE: 
Captain  David Milton CREWS 1740-1821
from pedigree chart of Louisiana BROWN
Lt. Garrett Williams 1755-1824

from pedigree chart of Fielding ROBERSON:
Jacob Sr. FROMAN 1749-1820
Paul FROMAN 1749-1783
from pedigree chart of Mary Ann DENBO: 
Captain Elijah DENBO 1738-1823
Walter Capt. CUNNINGHAM 1740-1805
Solomon DENBO 1751-1842

from pedigree chart of Rhoda Helen BAYSINGER: 
Jacob HOUSER 1730-1802

from pedigree chart of Charles PARKER Sr:

Capt. John Sr. DAVIS 1721-1816 (New York)

Uriah ROUNDY 1756-1813 (Vermont)

Moses QUIMBY 1755-1840 (wounded at Battle of Bunker Hill, Massachusetts)

from pedigree chart of Elizabeth Ann DAVIS:

Abraham LUCAS 1761-1841 (Private – Pennsylvania)

Thomas LUCAS 1730-1824 (Pennsylvania)

Thomas KELSEY 1729-1811

Johannes Michael HOBLIT (Habluzel) 1730-1796 (Private - Pennsylvania Line)

from pedigree chart of Harriet Camilla ENSIGN and her father Martin Luther ENSIGN:

Isaac ENSIGN 1756-1843 (Private 1777)

(Lieut.) Abner COOLEY 1714-1788 (Private - Major Andrew Colton’s company of Minute Men 1775, Col. Danielson’s regiment at Boston 1775)

Elijah REMINGTON 1743-1804 (Private - Connecticut)

Jeduthan SAWYER 1713-1792 (Massachusetts)

from pedigree chart of Harriet Camilla ENSIGN and her mother Mary DUNN:

Samuel GUSTIN Jr. 1718-1791 (New Hampshire)

Abner RAWSON 1764-1846 (age 16 Massachusetts Militia)

Nathaniel RAWSON 1716-1803 (Private - Minute Man at the Lexington Alarm)

John JEFFORDS III 1746- (Rohde Island)

Elihu CARPENTER 1752-1827 (Corporal in Lexington, New York and White Plains, Quartermaster- Sergeant Rhode Island, Sergeant Rehoboth Massachusetts to Point Judith)

Samuel GUSTIIN Jr. 1718-1791 (New Hampshire)

Grandfathers Preserve Independence - War of 1812:

from pedigree chart of Lillie Belle LYTLE:
Jeremiah Crews 1768-1837 

from pedigree chart of Laura Elizabeth PARKER:
John Davis PARKER 1799-1891

Grandfathers Save the Union - Civil War:
















from pedigree chart of  Reuben Russell ROBERSON:
Fielding ROBERSON 1838-1924
from pedigree chart of  Edna Lula SEATON
Thomas R. SEATON 1822-1863
Michael BAYSINGER 1805-1870

Grandfathers Protect Freedom - World War I:


from pedigree chart of Camilla SMITH:
George Ensign SMITH 1898-1967

Grandfathers Protect Freedom - World War II:

Garland Lee REASOR 1917-2004
Kirt DeMar WOOD 1923-1987

Grandfathers Protect Freedom - Korean War:


Garland Lee REASOR 1917-2004

Memorial Day - U.S. Navy Service WWII

(Age 19)
Kirt DeMar WOOD U.S. Navy 7 July 1943 to 16 March 1946.
Highest rank or rating held: Pharmacist's Mate first Class.

After high school he enlisted in the navy. WWII was in full force and he spent time in Farragut, Idaho and in Seattle, Washington and he trained as a hospital corpsmen. He was sent to San Diego and went through marine training there, and was assigned to the fleet marine core. He was in the south seas during the war, assigned to an LST boat, which landed marines in the Philippine Islands. He was in the battle of Leyte Gulf, and during that battle he sustained some shrapnel wounds in his thigh and in his back when their ship was strafed by the Japanese. He survived that, of course, and came home with a purple heart. One of the interesting things that happened while he was out on that boat, was that when they crossed the equator they held a court of King Neptune on the boat, and he was accused of holding church in the sick bay. Now I think he was guilty. I suspect that he held a lot of church services where ever he could. [Kirt sign up as a sailor in the Navy, he was briefly transferred to the Marines then when given the choice returned to the Navy.]

Battle of Leyte Gulf 1944
The Battle of Leyte Gulf, also called the "Battles for Leyte Gulf", and formerly known as the "Second Battle of the Philippine Sea", is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history. (Wikipedia)
U.S.Casualties and losses
~2,800 dead;
1 light carrier,
2 escort carriers,
2 destroyers,
1 destroyer escort sunk
200+ planes
Japanese Casualties and losses
~10,500 dead;
1 fleet carrier,
3 light carriers
3 battleships,
10 cruisers,
11 destroyers sunk
~500 planes

Kirt DeMar WOOD awarded Purple Heart 2 June 1945
WOOD brothers met for a brief time aboard ship in the Pacific.
(Younger brother Lex enlisted 30 Sep 1943 he was 17 years old.)