WWII sailor to be laid to rest Saturday

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – Flags in Iowa will fly half-staff on Saturday to honor a World War II Prisoner of War.

U.S. Navy Fireman First Class Robert Shove served on the USS Canopus in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

He died on October 27, 1943, at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in the Philippine Islands. He was 21 years old…

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