In March, 2020, President Trump signed the Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2020, which recognizes the invaluable contribution that Merchant Mariners made in World War II. Since Dad, Lawrence DeWolfe Kelsey, was a merchant mariner, radio operator, from age sixteen onward, he would have been most proud of this.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr5671
If you wish to buy the book which tells of his experiences, first as a young merchant mariner, and then in the career and life he built as an explorer afterward, you may go to the link below.
BUY: Lawrence DeWolfe Kelsey: The Life of the Explorer