Flags Ordered to Half-Staff in Honor of WWII Sailor

Flags ordered to half-staff in honor of WWII sailor

DES MOINES— Gov. Kim Reynolds has ordered all flags in Iowa to fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, to honor fallen U.S. Navy Fireman First Class Robert Shove who served on the USS Canopus…

Iowa honors Washta sailor who died as WWII POW at 21

His remains were identified in 2025.

Gov. Reynolds Orders Flags at Half-Staff Saturday to Honor Fallen World War II Sailor

Gov. Kim Reynolds has ordered all flags in Iowa to fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, November 7, 2026, to honor fallen U.S. Navy Fireman First Class Robert Shove who served on the USS Canopus in the Pacific Theater during World War II.  Shove died a prisoner of war at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Luzon, Philippine Islands. He was 21 years old.  Fireman First Class Shove was born in Washta, Iowa in 1922 and had enlisted in th…