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Also Known As John Paul
Born July 6, 1747 • Scotland
Died July 18, 1792 (aged 45) • Paris • France
Awards And Honors Hall of Fame (1925)
Role In engagement between “Bonhomme Richard” and “Serapis”

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U.S. Naval Academy chapel
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