Captain William Robert Anderson 1921-2007

Born 1/2 mile north of here on June 17, 1921, William Robert Anderson was a 1943 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He served during World War II and participated in 11 combat patrols in the Pacific. Anderson was the commanding officer of the first atomic submarine, the USS Nautilus, which made the first transpolar voyage under the North Pole in August 1958. President Dwight D. Eisenhower awarded him the Legion of Merit. Anderson represented Tennessee's Sixth District in Congress from 1965 until 1973. He died in Leesburg, Virginia, on February 25, 2007, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.