National Maritime Day May 20, 2021
“I hold no branch in higher esteem, than the Merchant Marine…”
That is a quote from General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander of the Pacific in WWII. That one sentence sums up National Maritime Day. Inasmuch if it were not for our glorious Merchant Marine and maritime industry, we may not even have been a nation at all.
National Maritime Day is the day we honor our American Merchant Mariners for protecting our freedom and for their dedication to promoting American commerce together with the accomplishments of the U.S. maritime industry. Most importantly, on National Maritime Day we especially honor those fearless mariners who served during times of war and those mariners who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our Nation.
National Maritime Day May 20, 2021
“I hold no branch in higher esteem, than the Merchant Marine…”
That is a quote from General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander of the Pacific in WWII. That one sentence sums up National Maritime Day. Inasmuch if it were not for our glorious Merchant Marine and maritime industry, we may not even have been a nation at all.
National Maritime Day is the day we honor our American Merchant Mariners for protecting our freedom and for their dedication to promoting American commerce together with the accomplishments of the U.S. maritime industry. Most importantly, on National Maritime Day we especially honor those fearless mariners who served during times of war and those mariners who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our Nation.
Boykin has been at the helm of state’s largest industrial employer since 2017, when she was promoted to serve as the company’s first female president, overseeing 25,000 employees in the development of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines.
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It didn t come as a surprise when Laura Sherrill set her sights on attending the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in King s Point, New York.
Growing up in Ketchikan, Sherrill had watched as her brother and sister both left to attend the academy after receiving congressional nominations. Her father, Troy Sherrill, also attended the academy. I feel like I ve always known I wanted to go to the Merchant Marine academy, said Sherrill in a recent interview with the Daily News. My father, he went there, and then it kind of solidified when my sister got accepted and went. I was in middle school. And then I was like, OK, well, my sister s going, my brother s probably going to go, this is something I can look into.