Bowman, Tom. "'Bold buckaroo' motivates Mid Medal of Honor winner, rescuer of MacArthur meets young 'shipmate'", The Baltimore Sun, 13 November 1993. Accessed 4 October 2011. "She asked her teachers and her principal about this man, John D. Bulkeley. And she read "Sea Wolf," detailing the World War II exploits that helped make him one of the most decorated fighting men in U.S. history. After a 59-year career in the Navy, the retired admiral performed one final – though unwitting – duty: Serving as the inspiration for his fellow Hackettstown High graduate to enter the Naval Academy."
Charlton, Art; and Sterling, Guy. "A legendary wartime hero started out as Jersey boy", The Star-Ledger, April 9, 1996. Accessed March 8, 2025, via Newspapers.com. The 1928 yearbook of Hackettstown High School predicted John D. Bulkeley would be a sailor, but that underestimated the kind of sailor he became: a highly decorated wartime hero who rose to the rank of vice admiral.... Dale said he moved to a farm in Mansfield, Warren County, as a young boy. There he attended a one-room elementary school in Beattystown."
