Columbus (CG 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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. , ,M M A : ,1,'.--'-g.4g1::..n..:, --24. -X ' llllt ,COMCRUDESFLOT Eiei-rr ' ' John Duncan Bulkeley was born in New XYork, on August 19, 1911. In June 1931 he centered thye URJS. Naval Academy, by com- . petitive examination, on appointment of Rep- resentative,,Morgan G. Sanders of Texas, and I graduated on June 1, 1933. He was Commis- sisgned Ensign in the U.S,,,JVNavy a year later. A He served successively as ajunior offi- cer in the USS INDIANAPOLIS, USS CHAU- MONT, USS SACRAMENFEQAO and USS SARATOGA. In February and uiarch 1941 he ,c o m m a n d e d Submarine.jfpE.1i'a s e r Division TWO, and for five igpnths thereafter served as Commander, Sulgfniarine Chaser Squadron ONE. In Auwfct year he assumed com- 'manf' ' ,fisbrpe do BoatSquadron 'I' q Hrigich one of the most spectac- , 1 .s' of the Philippine Campaign was .. ritten' Rear Admiral Bulkeley is identified with the break-through of the Japanese lines for transportation of General Douglas MacArthur. Shortly thereafter, Bulkeley re- turned to Negros Island, located and trans- ported President Queson, Vice President Osmena, their Staffs and the Queson family through the Japanese lines to Mindanao to be flown to Australia. He remained behinduntil ordered out by General MacArthur after the collapse of all resistance to the Japanese. He then was ordered to New Guinea, where he fought PT boats in actions including the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, the Invasion of Finschhafen, and the Trobriand Islands. For his service in defense of the Philip- pines, he was awarded the Medal of Honor, the N avy C r os s, the Ar my Distinguished Service Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a second similar award, the Army Silver S t a r M e d al, the Army Distinguished Unit B adge, and the Republic of the Philippines Distinguished Conduct Star. 4 He was also awarded a Purple Heart Medal for wounds received during an enemy Japanese attack in Mariveles Harbor, Bataan, Philippine Island, on Decenioer 26, 1941. Between May and September 1942 he served as Experimental Officer at the Motor Torpedo Boat Srwadron Training Center, Portsmouth, Rh-que Island, then returned to sea in c o mm an d of Motor Torpedo B o at Squadron SEVEN oper ating with the SEVENTIT r 1 fr the periodSep- tember 1943 . gi-44 he was hospital- ized, and on Mar-on 23, 1944, assumed com- mand of Motor Tc 'tide Boat SquadronTWO. In May 1944 he rr A ,p,f'.Commander PT Squadron ONE HUNDREDZFWO, and W as awarded the Legion of Meritfflgith Combat V . On July 18, 1944, he asfsulned command of the USS ENDICOTT, a,dEstr,oyer deployed in European waters for the Invasion of South- ern France. Prior to the Invasgigon, on August 17, 1944, he conducted tactical deception with 22 PTs and the Destroyer ENDICOTT which resulted in the Germans bemligfigng th at the m a i n landing for the Inv ..-9 ,f,S o u th e r n France would come in ,la Ciotat area vice St. Maxime area. - quiel to the tactical deception was a running gun fight with .rw , ,H uf-I two German destroyers in which both were sunk. He was ayvarded a Gold Star in lieu of the Second Silver Star Medal. He waslalsgi awarded the Croix de Guerra with Star by the Government of France,pre-. sented by General De Gualle, for his part in the Invasion of-Normandy, ' Rf 7 Admil , -flllfeley reported in August 1945 to the Betiilehem Steel Corpora- tion's plant in Staten Island, NewYork to as- sist in fitting out the Uss STRIBLING, and HSSUHIGC1 00111111-211161 of tltstwdestroyer at her commissioning , Septenfcer'-'29, 1945. lnJuly 1946 he was assigned to the Staff of the Naval Academy, where he remained until May 1948. He then joined the USS MT. OLYMPUS, Flag- ship of Commfx' ider fikmphibious Group TWO, and served 'astner' Executive Officer until July 1949. I ' A From?A gist 1949 until January 1950 he was a studenlti' at the Armed Forces Staff Col- lege, Norfolkh Virginia, after which he was assigned tciytiie Officer of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C. There he became Chief of the Weapons Division of the Military Liaisonilfommittee to the Atomic Energy Commission, for the research and develop- ment of atomic weapons. From October 1952 until March 1954 he commanded Destroyer D i vi szio n ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO , which operated in the Far East during the Korean Conflict. The next month he became Chief of Staff and Aide to Commander Cruis- er Division FIVE operating in Korean waters. During the period J anuary 1956 to Maron 1958 he again served in Washington, D.C., this time as a Staff Officer ofthe Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was next orderedto command the TOLOVANA, for a six-months assignment of deep draft command. In Sep- tember 1958' he reported to the Buren uf Naval Personnel, Navy ..Department,, Wash- ington, D.C., for abrief indoctrination-toufibf personnel administration, and in 9 1 1959 was ordered to sea as Commander1DeSPf', stroyer Squadron TWELVE. He a,sfs.umted command on April 22, 1959. ' ff .t In July 1960 he assumed command of Clarksville Base, Clarksville, Tennessee, a major weapons base. On December 1. H ,.,, he assumed command of the Naval Ease, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Rear Admiral Bulkeley has the L Service Medal with bronze star, the Ann can Defense Service Medal, Fleet Clasp Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, Am' Campaign Medal, European-African- Eastern Campaign Medalg World War tory Medalg National Defense Service-..-L-f-L13 Korean Service Medalg United Nations Service Medalg the Korean Presidential Unit Citation Badgeg and the Philippine D e f e n sg Ribbon. He also has the Expert Pistol Shot le. if Medal and the Expert Rifleman Medal. He is married to the former Hilda Alice Wood, of London, England. They have five c h il dr e n: Jean Isabel, John Duncan, Jr.f, Peter Wood, Regina Jcv and Diana Jean Bulkeley. J'-.Six 1 king.,-Us ,Wh K TN-,, fav ' Y 4 an 1 5 I l D Xwxx - in .ff 4. .

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