John Franklin Bolt was a naval aviator in the United States Marine Corps. He served during World War II and the Korean War. Bolt won a total of 12 victories during his military career, including six in the Korean war. He retired from the Marine Corps in 1962 and went on to earn a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Florida. Bolt died from leukemia in 2004 at the age of 80.
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John Franklin Bolt was a naval aviator in the United States Marine Corps and a decorated flying ace. He served during World War II and the Korean War. He remains the only U.S. Marine to achieve ace status in two wars and was also the only Marine jet fighter ace. Bolt retired from the Marine Corps in 1962 and went on to earn a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Florida. Bolt died from leukemia in 2004 at the age of 80. He was the father of two children. He is buried in South Carolina, next to his wife, Dorothy E. Wiggins, with whom he had two children, Robert and Barbara. Bolt also had a younger brother, Bruce, who also served in the Marines. Bolt was elected class president in his final two years in school. He worked several part-time jobs, at one point working 30 to 40 hours a week at a local creamery in addition to attending school. Bolt had the words ‘Darling Dottie’ stencilled on the side of his F-86 Sabre Sabre jet as a tribute to his North American American American Air Force wife, who he married in 1943. He also had the nickname ‘Jack’ from his friends and family. He died of leukemia at age 80 in Florida in 2004. He had the Words: ‘I am John Bolt, I am a Workaholic, and I am Proud of It. I am proud to be a workaholic. I’m Proud of My Work. I Am Proud Of My Wife, Barbara, and My Children. I Love My Wife.
I love My Family. I Hate My Brother, Bruce. I. Love My Brother. I hate My Sister, Bruce.’ Bolt died of cancer at age 90 in 2009. He leaves behind a wife, Robert Bolt, and two daughters, Barbara and Barbara Bolt, all of whom are still living. Bolt is survived by a son, Robert, and a daughter-in-law, Barbara Bolt-Bolt, who lives in Orlando, Florida, with her husband and two sons. Bolt served as a second lieutenant in the U. S. Marine Corps, as well as an analyst and instructor in his later career, before retiring and earning a juris doctor degree in 1991. Bolt worked as a real estate law practice in Florida until his death in 2004, when he settled down with his wife and two children in Orlando. Bolt won a total of 12 victories during his military career, including six in the Korean war. He flew an F4U Corsair during the campaigns in the Marshall Islands and New Guinea, claiming six victories against Japanese A6M Zeros. Bolt flew the Grumman F3F, a bi-plane which was the navy’s most advanced trainer at the time, and received his aviator wings on July 18, 1942, and was commissioned as a Marine Corps second lieutenant. Bolt continued his service through the Korea War, entering combat through an exchange program with the United. States Air Force in late 1952. Bolt dropped out of college in 1941 for financial reasons.
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