爱荷华州下令周六全州降半旗：致敬二战阵亡水兵 Robert Shove
位于爱荷华州的州长办公室11月5日宣布，州长 Kim Reynolds 已下令全州旗帜于11月7日（周六）日出至日落降半旗，致敬二战期间在太平洋战区服役的美国海军一级消防员（Fireman First Class）Robert Shove。
Shove 1922年出生于爱荷华州 Washta，在 Des Moines 入伍美国海军，生前在 USS Canopus 号上服役，后作为战俘在菲律宾吕宋岛的 Cabanatuan 战俘营中去世，年仅21岁。他的遗骸已于2025年确认身份。
Shove 的葬礼定于11月7日上午11时在 Sioux City 的 Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel 举行，随后中午12时在 Memorial Park Cemetery 以军礼安葬；当天下午2时至5时，Sioux City 公共博物馆将举办生命礼赞活动。
降半旗范围包括州议会大厦、议会大厦园区内的旗帜展示，以及全州所有公共建筑、场地与设施；州长办公室同时鼓励个人、企业、学校、市县及其他政府单位在同一时段降半旗以示敬意。
（来源：爱荷华州州长办公室）
Iowa Orders Flags at Half-Staff Saturday to Honor Fallen World War II Sailor Robert Shove
The Office of the Governor of Iowa announced on November 5 that Governor 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 was born in Washta, Iowa, in 1922 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in Des Moines. He died a prisoner of war at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Luzon, in the Philippine Islands, at age 21. His remains were identified in 2025.
Shove's funeral will be held on Saturday, November 7, at 11 a.m. at Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel in Sioux City, followed by interment with military honors at noon at Memorial Park Cemetery. A Celebration of Life event will be held afterward at the Sioux City Public Museum from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Flags will be at half-staff on the State Capitol Building and on flag displays in the Capitol Complex, and on all public buildings, grounds, and facilities throughout the state. Individuals, businesses, schools, municipalities, counties, and other government subdivisions are encouraged to fly the flag at half-staff for the same length of time as a sign of respect.
(Source: Office of the Governor of Iowa)
来源：爱荷华州州长办公室
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图片来源：图：位于 Des Moines 的爱荷华州议会大厦夜景。McGhiever 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines at night. Photo by McGhiever, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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