World War II Honoree

Clifton Bowman Forster

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Bethesda, Maryland

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER WITH THE U.S. INFORMATION AGENCY. HE WAS BORN IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WHERE HIS FATHER WAS AN OFFICIAL WITH THE RED CROSS. HE SPENT MOST OF HIS YOUTH IN ASIA AND AS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, WAS INTERNED BY THE JAPANESE IN A PHILIPPINE PRISON AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR. HE WAS REPATRIATED TO THE U.S. IN 1943 IN A PRISONER EXCHANGE. DURING THE WAR, HE SERVED IN THE NAVY AND WORKED IN WASHINGTON AT THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS.