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William Ketner Shortall, retired federal investigator, attorney, teacher and decorated World War II aviator. From 1970 until he retired in 1985, Shortall was a special agent with the Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Agriculture. His last assignment was in the King of Prussia office. From 1959 to 1970 he was an investigator for the National Board of Fire Underwriters. He was a special agent with the FBI in its New York and New Orleans offices from 1953 to 1959. Assigned to the the counterespionage squad, Shortall worked the streets during the height of the Cold War. He spent long hours doing surveillances on KGB agents and operatives. http://articles.philly.com/1989-12-06/news/26156999_1_special-agent-investigator-operatives

By Jim Nicholson, Daily News Staff Writer POSTED: December 06, 1989 William Ketner Shortall, retired federal investigator, attorney, teacher and decorated World War II aviator, died Sunday. He was 67 and lived in Levittown, Bucks County. From 1970 until he retired in 1985, Shortall was a special agent with the Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Agriculture. His last assignment was in the King of Prussia office. From 1959 to 1970 he was an investigator for the National Board of Fire Underwriters. He was a special agent with the FBI in its New York and New Orleans offices from 1953 to 1959. Assigned to the the counterespionage squad, Shortall worked the streets during the height of the Cold War. He spent long hours doing surveillances on KGB agents and operatives. Finally the time away from his family took its toll and he resigned. "If anything stands out about Bill, he always took a look at the human side of everything. He was that type of guy," said St. Pierre, who was an agent with Shortall. "No matter what the accusation against people, Bill was the type of guy who never really believed it until he had proof. Then he was a bulldog." A skilled and precise writer with an extensive legal background, Shortall turned in reports that were a prosecutor's dream. "When he put a report together or an interview," said St. Pierre, "there wasn't a word out of place. Everything was right where it should be. He really knew what the hell he was doing. You never had to worry about him making more to it than there really was. He gave you the facts and that was it." Raised in Germantown, he was graduated from Germantown High School. Over the years he received degrees in business and law from Temple University and attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. For a while, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had a general law practice on South Broad Street. During World War II he was a Navy flier in the Pacific and Atlantic theaters and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with silver and gold stars. He was recalled to active duty during the Korean War. Retired Navy Capt. John "Jack" Speidel, who was a lieutenant with Shortall during the Korean War, said Shortall "was well regarded as an officer." Shortall retired from the Naval Reserve in 1964 as a lieutenant commander. Shortall, who had heart problems for the past 14 years and underwent a quadruple bypass in 1984, served in recent years as a substitute teacher in Ewing Township, N.J. He was an excellent speaker who enjoyed reciting poetry and was an avid student of history. He was a member of the Society of Former FBI Agents and the American Legion. In addition to his son John, he is survived by his wife, the former Mary Jane Hansell; two other sons, William K. Jr. and Stephen A.; two daughters, Laura K. Fradkin and Sharon Caroline Brebner; and two grandchildren. Services will be at 9 a.m. tomorrow at the Kirk and Nice Funeral Home, 6301 Germantown Ave. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. http://articles.philly.com/1989-12-06/news/26156999_1_special-agent-investigator-operatives