Worton served with the III Amphibious Corps (IIIAC) during the Battle of Okinawa, being elevated to chief of staff of IIIAC on June 30, 1945. IIIAC was tasked with assaulting the Tokyo Plain during Operation Downfall, the planned Invasion of Japan. When the war ended after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, IIIAC subsequently was tasked as part of the American forces designated to occupy northern China to accept the surrender of the Japanese forces in the region. As part of that mission, Worton was with an advance party to Shanghai, China. In northern China, IIIAC battled with Chinese puppet troops aligned with Japan (many of whom later switched allegiance to Chiang Kai-shek) and with Communist guerrillas and regulars. Worton was later decorated with the Legion of Merit by the Army for his service in North China. Los Angeles Police Chief Worton was appointed the 42nd chief of the L.A.P.D. on June 30, 1949, by Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron after the resignation of Chief Clemence B. Horrall in the wake of the Brenda Allen scandal. Horrall's assistant chief, Joe Reed, also eventually resigned after Worton took office, as he too was ensnared by the police corruption scandal. Worton was tasked by Mayor Bowron with the job of cleaning up the department. A little more than a year later, Worton resigned on August 9, 1950, and was replaced by his chief of Internal Affairs, William H. Parker, whom he had groomed for the office. Decorations Major General Worton's ribbon bar: See also List of Los Angeles Police Department Chiefs of Police References External links 1897 births 1973 deaths People from Boston Boston University School of Law alumni United States Marine Corps generals United States Marine Corps personnel of World War I United States Marine Corps World War II generals People of the Office of Naval Intelligence Recipients of the Legion of Merit Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Chiefs of the Los Angeles Police Department Harvard College alumni American military personnel of the Banana Wars Military personnel from Massachusetts