2010-11_ANNUAL_REPORTS_-_FINAL_VERSION_(3)
2010-11_ANNUAL_REPORTS_-_FINAL_VERSION_(3)
2010-11_ANNUAL_REPORTS_-_FINAL_VERSION_(3)
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MARAD Observes National Maritime Day 20<strong>11</strong><br />
On May 19, 20<strong>11</strong>, Maritime Administrator David Matsuda honored the memory of Richard<br />
Oliver Kelleher during DOT’s National Maritime Day observation. Administrator Matsuda<br />
presented six posthumous awards to the family of Kelleher, whose death at sea during World<br />
War II symbolized the sacrifices of all U.S. merchant mariners. Accepting the awards were<br />
Kelleher’s brother, Herb Kelleher, founder of Southwest Airlines.<br />
Richard Kelleher, a fireman-watertender, was just 19 years old when he died while serving<br />
onboard the tanker SS PATRICK J. HURLEY. The vessel was torpedoed on September 12,<br />
1942, by a German U-boat. Kelleher was one of 13 crew members lost along with the captain<br />
and four Navy men.<br />
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