"What else could I do? You engage, you fight, you win. That is the reputation of our Navy, then and in the future."
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As quoted in 1944, "Namesake USS Bulkeley (DDG 84)
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John D. Bulkeley
John Duncan Bulkeley (19 August 1911 – 6 April 1996) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy and was one of its most decorated naval officers. Bulkeley received the Medal of Honor for actions in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He was also the PT boat skipper who evacuated General Douglas MacArthur from Corregidor in the Philippines and commanded at the Battle of La Ciotat.
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