Early Life
Griswold was born in Harrison, Nebraska and attended public schools in Gordon, Nebraska. He attended the Kearney Military Academy and Nebraska Wesleyan University. Griswold received a B.A. degree from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln in 1914.
Griswold served as an infantry sergeant on the U.S.-Mexico border from 1916 to 1917, and became a captain in field artillery during World War I.
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