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 sele
Seaman Apprentice William R. Flores, USCG
USCGC William Flores on the day of her naming ceremony
Cutter's coat of arms with symbolism honoring SA Flores
Flores' Company Photo (Far left, 2nd to last row)
Carlsbad is a city in and the county seat of Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 32,238. Carlsbad is centered at the intersection of U.S. Routes 62/1
William Flores
…collision. In November 2011, the Coast Guard selected Flores as the namesake of the third of its Sentinel class cutters. Flores was born and raised in Carlsbad, New Mexico. By the time he was in high school, he and his family moved to Benbrook, Texas. With his parents' permission, Flores left Western Hills High School in…
Photo of Carlsbad from the top of C-Hill
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) with Pat Boone, Peter Ronson, James Mason, and Arlene Dahl was filmed in the Carlsbad area, utilizing the Carlsbad Caverns as a filming location.
A Santa Fe Railway passenger train at Carlsbad in 1967