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No Higher Honor: FFG 58 Leaves Bath Iron Works For Sea Trials
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sports car with a large silver PT boat as a hood ornament.
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1806:. Arlington National Cemetery. (Official website).
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1978:Sea Wolf, A Biography of John D. Bulkeley, USN
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658:On 6 April 1996, Bulkeley died at his home in
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1955:"Vice Admiral John D. Bulkeley, 1941–1996"
1941:. U.S. Department of Defense. 6 April 1996
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1683:"Vice Admiral John D. Bulkeley, 1941–1996"
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1818:"Medal of Honor recipients, WWII, A–F"
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2014:"John Duncan Bulkeley"
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