General MacArthur Owed His Life to This MoH Recipient
Posted on April 9, 2017 by Katie Lange
By Katie Lange
For some Medal of Honor recipients, the actions that earned them the award happened in a split second. But for others, the actions were long, slow and deliberate, but just as dangerous. Navy Lt. Cmdr. John Duncan Bulkeley falls into the latter category.
http://www.dodlive.mil/2017/04/09/general-macarthur-owed-his-life-to-this-moh-recipient/Bulkeley was born in the early 1900s and had quite a storied naval career. The New York City native graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1933. As a young officer, he served on USS Saratoga, USS Indianapolis and USS Sacramento by the time the U.S. entered World War II.
