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William Ray Flores was a Seaman Apprentice in the United States Coast Guard. SA Flores was posthumously honored for heroic behavior during a 1980 ship collision. In November 2011, the Coast Guard selected Flores as the namesake of the third of its Sentinel class cutters.〔(mirror )〕〔(mirror )〕 ==Life== Flores was born and raised in Carlsbad, New Mexico, and, with his parents' permission, left Western Hills High School in Benbrook, Texas early in order to enlist in his country's service.〔 On January 28, 1980, 18-year-old Flores stayed aboard the USCGC ''Blackthorn'' as it was sinking following a collision with a tanker, ''Capricorn'', and helped save twenty-three (23) of his crewmates, at the cost of his own life.〔〔 Flores and a colleague threw their life jackets to seamen struggling in the water without life jackets. He strapped the life jacket locker open, so remaining life jackets would be released as the vessel sank. He then tried to aid wounded seamen who were still aboard. The collision has been described as the worst peacetime disaster in the Coast Guard's history.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Flores」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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