Lieutenant Robert E Keeton,a Harvard Graduate and is well known in the legal community. He was appointed to the District Court of Mass. by President Carter.
During WWII, Keeton was a Communications Officer and served a tour as the Assistant Flag Secretary on the staff of the Commander, Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Following that assignment he was posted as the Chief Communications Officer aboard the U.S.S. Liscome Bay. Keeton was one of 272 survivors when she was sunk off Tarawa by a Japanese Submarine on November 24, 1943. After recovering from shrapnel wounds and burns, he was posted on the staff of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet (Adm. Chester Nimitz) and served as his Assistant Flag Secretary. For services to Nimitz's staff, Keeton was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

 His official Bronze Star citation: "For meritorious service in connection with operations against the enemy while serving on the Staff of the Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas as Assistant Flag Secretary from May 1944 to September 1945. During this period the volume of official business conducted through correspondence more than tripled, and it was through his initiative, foresight and untring efforts that means were developed to meet the changing situation, and enable the Secretarial Section to maintain a high standard of administrative efficiency. Lieutenant Keeton constantly gave the highest degree of attention to the manifold details inherent in correlating the functions of the secretarial sections at the Advance Headquarters and Pearl Harbor Headquarters. He was often called upon to discharge the responsibilities of the Flag Secretary during that officer's absence and this he did in an outstanding manner. His meritorious service and devotion to duty were at all times keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service." 

Keeton's photograph from his Official Personnel File

District Judge Robert Keeton