Three sisters of an Irish-born recipient of the Navy Cross have christened a U.S. Navy warship bearing his name — and have secured a promise that the ship will visit Ireland.
Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick Gallagher , seen in this file photo in Vietnam. Three sisters of Gallagher, a Irish-born recipient of the Navy Cross have christened a U.S. Navy warship bearing his name, Saturday, July 27, 2024, and secured a promise that the ship will visit Ireland. – With an Irish flag overhead and bagpipes playing, three sisters of an Irish-born recipient of the Navy Cross christened a warship bearing his name on Saturday — and secured a promise that the ship will visit Ireland.
Joined by sisters Rosemarie Gallagher and Teresa Gallagher Keegan, they smashed bottles of sparkling wine on the ship's hull. A Navy band broke into “Anchors' Aweigh” as streams appeared in the air overhead. Teresa Gallagher Keegan described her brother as a humble man who tried to hide his service in Vietnam, until he was awarded the Navy Cross, making it impossible. She said Gallagher's hometown had been preparing to celebrate his return. “Ironically the plane that carried my brother’s coffin home was the plane that would have brought him home to a hero’s welcome,” she said.
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