PETALUMA, Calif. - Rear Adm. Joseph "Pepe" Castillo, the 11th Coast Guard District commander (left) and Master Chief Petty Officer Richard Wolfe (right) stand beside Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle Vrable, a Whitehall, Penn. native and student at Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma, after Vrable was honored as the first recipient of the Seaman Apprentice William R. Flores award, Wednesday, April 20, 2011. The award was recently renamed in honor of William R. Flores, a Coast Guard hero who died trying to save his shipmates from the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn when it sank Jan. 28, 1980. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
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