World War II Honoree

Shirley Alton Webster

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Winterset, Iowa

Honored By

Marie Webster

Relationship

Wife

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN SEPTEMBER, 1944. SERVED AS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER ON BOARD THE USS NASHVILLE CL-43 FROM JULY 8, 1945 TO FEBRUARY 16, 1946. PARTICIPATED IN POSTWAR OCCUPATION OF SHANGHAI, CHINA. THE USS NASHVILLE ENTERED SHANGHAI HARBOR ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1945. LIEUTENANT WEBSTER LED A DETACHMENT OF U.S. MARINES TO SECURE THE SURRENDER OF A JAPANESE GUNBOAT WHO REFUSED TO SURRENDER TO CHINESE AUTHORITIES. RETURNED TO SAN FRANCISCO ON JANUARY 6, 1946. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATRE CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, U.S. NAVY OCCUPATION MEDAL, U.S. VICTORY MEDAL, CHINA SERVICE MEDAL AND PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL.