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Johnson
Adams, Dr. Arthur S. (Beanie): President of University of New
Hampshire - President of the American Council of Education,
p 206; influential in developing the Post WW II plans
for ROTC, p 208.
Adams, The Hon. Charles Francis: serves as skipper of the
Lambert yacht - ATLANTIC for the Spanish race of 1928 -
invites Johnson to be his navigator, p 55, 58; instrumental
in having Johnson become Flag Lieutenant to Admiral McVay,
CinC Asiatic, p 66; present for the commissioning of the
USS SPRINGFIELD, p l8l, 184.
ASIATIC FLEET: (see entries under USS PENGUIN - and YANGTZE
River Patrol) 2nd assignment of Johnson, p 53, 60; picture
of life in the fleet, late 1920's - p 71.
WOLFE, Dudley: owner of the MOHAWK (private yacht) - invites
Johnson to participate as his navigator, p 54 ff; rules
of race prevented a professional from serving, p 55-
BAXTER, Dr. Phinney: p 118.
BEARDALL, RADM John R.: former aide to FDR - becomes Superin-
tendent of the U. S. Naval Academy in 1942, p 131.
BEARY, VADM Donald B.: skipper of the DD SUMNER (1921), p 24-25-
Belknap, RADM Reginald: Skipper of the USS DELAWARE (1919),
p 12, 14.
USS BOUGAINVILLE: p 200-201.
BRAZIL: Johnson goes to join the Naval Mission - 1934, p 86;
duties, p 87; the Brazilian Navy, p 87-91; Brazilian
customs, p 91; life in Rio, p 95-6.
Johnson
Bristol, Adm. Mark: p 66-67.
BRYON, Lt. Comdr. Hamilton (Ham): skipper of the USS Paul
Jones with the Asiatic Fleet, p 63-4.
BU PERS: Johnson detached from the SPRINGFIELD at Okinawa
and returns to BuPers as Director of Plans and Policy
(Pers A), p 198; p 202; Johnson represents BuPers before
Congressional Committees, p 203; task of selecting new
site for PG school, p 203 ff; Johnson's principal task to
sell Congress the amended ROTC plan for officer training,
p 207-9; BuPers and black officer advancement, p 210-211;
plans for demobilization after WW II, p 218 ff.
BURKE, ADM. Arleigh: Origin of his designation as '31-knot
Burke', p 146.
CARNEY, Adm. R. B.: p 48; Chief of Staff to Adm. Halsey -
orders Johnson to the staff to serve as liaison officer
between Halsey and Gen. MacArthur, p 150-1, p 156-7;
Johnson’s estimate of him, p 171.
USS CASTOR (ex-CHALLENGE) - general stores issue ship, p 113;
Johnson takes command, p 115.
CHAMBERLAIN, General Steve: p 157.
CinC, SoPac: Johnson named as liaison between Halsey and
MacArthur, p 151; first duty to master South Pacific picture,
p 151, p 155-156; on first flight from Noumea to Guadalcanal
seaplane catches on fire, p 152-3; reports to MacArthur staff
on Dec. 21, 1943, p 156; future schedule as liaison, p 157-8;
Johnson named as Naval Aide to Gen. MacArthur for the landing
at Hollandia, p 159-165; after Hollandia
Johnson
Johnson ordered home to command a cruiser, p 165.
CLAMBAKE CLUB: p 257.
COCOS ISLANDS: p 106; Johnson in DD LANG directed by FDR to
make a survey of the islands, p 108.
Cole, The Hon. W. Sterling (STub): Member of Congress from
New York, p 212-213.
DARDEN, The Hon. Colgate: helps with the ROTC plan in Congress,
p 212;
DAVIS, The Hon, Dwight: p 70.
DD Force, Atlantic Fleet: Johnson assumes command, p 252 ff;
involvement with Atlantic hurricane, p 253-4; training of
reserves, p 254-5; the reserve fleet, p 255-6; fleet
exercises, p 258-9.
DEERFIELD ACADEMY: p 119-120.
USS DELAWARE: first assignment for Johnson (1919), p 12;
Adm. Belknap is skipper, p 12; loss of crew to postwar (WW I)
retirements, p 13; recruiting in New England, p 13-14; staff
officers, p 15; Johnson's duties on board, p 16; acts as
troopship to withdraw U. S. Marines from Santo Domingo and
Haiti, p 19-20.
DEMOBILIZATION - after WW II: p 218; rules established, p 219;
Congressional deviation from the rule, p 219-222.
DENFELD, Adm. Louis: congratulates Johnson on ship handling,
p 64-5. Chief of Naval Personnel, p 216.
ELLSWORTH, Ernie: Ensign on the BB TENNESSEE - wins sail boat
contest in the fleet, p 83-4.
Johnson
FECHTELER, Adm. Wm.: in command of naval forces at Hollandia
landings, p 164.
FINCHHAFEN: one of the three landings in the Hollandia operation
of General MacArthur, p 160-161, p 165.
FLETCHER, Adm. Frank Jack: p 110-111.
FORRESTAL, The Hon. James: SecNav (1946), p 237-239.
GRAHAM, Dr. Frank: President of the University of North Carolina,
p 127-8.
HEALEY, Lawrence: Number two man in operational intelligence,
ONI, p 266-7.
HOLLANDIA OPERATION: p 159; Nimitz supplies carrier coverage
for MacArthur, p 159-160; Kinkaid furnishes the USS NASHVILLE
as flagship for MacArthur, p 160; the General under fire on
the beach immediately after the landing, p 163; p 164.
HOLLOWAY, Adm. James L.: as Lieutenant Commander he ran a
secondary battery school on board the USS CALIFORNIA (1933)
p 80-1. President of the Holloway Board, p 207-8; p 211.
HOOVER, The Hon. J. Edgar: p 260; meets weekly with the
various directors of intelligence, p 264.
ICHANG: on the Yangtze at foot of the gorges, p 29-30.
INTELLIGENCE GATHERING: how the new Dept, of Defense Intelli-
gence set-up changed the picture, p 239-40.
Japanese NAVY: Observations on the Japanese Navy, 1929 - p 68 ff.
JOHNSON, Vice Admiral Felix L.: family background, p 1-4;
promotion to flag rank, p 214.
Johnson
JOY, Adm. C. Turner: Ordnance Officer, Mine Depot, Yorktown,
Va. (1931), p 73, p 271.
KAMIKAZE: First experience with one at Hollandia, p 192;
attack on picket ships, p 195; p 197-8.
KING ALFONSO: (1928) King of Spain comes on board the ATLANTIC
and invites the party to dinner at his palace in Santander, P 59.
KINKAID: Adm. Thomas C.: p 158-9.
KOREAN WAR: need for intelligence officers, p 270-1.
Janada - a Brazilian fishing raft; p 96.
JONES, Admiral Cary: p 185, 191.
LAMBERT, Girard: President of the Lambert Pharmaceutical Company
and owner of the racing yacht ATLANTIC, p 55.
USS LANG: Johnson commissions a new DD, p 97-8; first exit
from New York harbor, p 99-100; escorts FDR on a cruise, p
101-3; joins the Pacific Fleet for exercise off Pearl
Harbor, p 109-111, 113.
LAWRENCE, John Endicott: Johnson forms friendship with him as
result of emergency landing in Pacific, p 152-4.
LEHRBAS, Col, Larry: Military aide to General MacArthur - former
representative of NEWSWEEK in Shanghai, p 162-3, 165.
LOUDERMILK, Dr. Walter: taught forestry at Nanking University -
1921, p 34.
MacARTHUR, General Douglas: p 70; p 152; Johnson's first meeting,
p 156; p 157-9; the Hollandia operation, p 159-165; his
Johnson
talent for leadership, p 168; his courage, p 169; the
relationship of MacArthur and Halsey, p 168, 170-175.
MAGNUSON, Senator Warren: proposes Whidby Island as location
for the New PG School, p 206-7.
MANUS: p 175-177.
MARSHALL, The Rev. Peter: his Pearl Harbor day sermon at the
Naval Academy, p 129-130.
McVAY, Adm. Charles B.: Cine, Asiatic (1929), p 65-66; calls
on Gen. MacArthur, p 70.
MEEK, Samuel: PT representative from J. Walter Thompson agency
to the Navy, p 229-230; writes speech for Johnson to be
delivered at the Naval Academy p 230-1.
USS NASHVILLE: assigned as flagship for General MacArthur in
the Hollandia operation, p 160-1, p 164.
U. S. Naval Academy: Johnson's appointment to the Academy, p 4-6
reduced course because of WW I, p 7; restrictions to Naval
Academy life, p 8-10; training for diplomacy, p 21;
Johnson returns (June, 1926) for teaching duties in the
Navigation Department, p 41-42; p 44-45; 'saavy' sections, p
45-47; Academy standing, p 47-8; influence of Chapel
services, p 50-53; Johnson ordered to Academy as Aide to the
Superintendent and Secretary to the Academic Board (July,
1941), p 116; efforts at (and methods) of recruitment for
the Academy, p 117, ff; Blue and Gold officers, p 121; the
Board of Visitors, p 126-129; with advent of WW II
Johnson
problem of securing officers for Academy duty, p 130; p 132.
U. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE: Johnson invited to become Assistant
Editor in 1926 - description of the staff, p 43-44.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE: Johnson becomes DNI (1949-1952), p 259 ff;
Foreign intelligence activities, p 261-3; weekly conferences
with the Navy, p 266; naval attaches, p 268; policy state-
ments, p 268-270; Korea and intelligence, p 271; Johnson
retires for health reasons on Sept. 1, 1952, p 272-3;
relationship with CIA, p 273-5; relationship with the State
Department, p 275; ONI runs an Intelligence school, p 276-8.
NAVAL RESERVE: p 116.
Navy PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR (1946): p 217; p 223 ff;
cruises for civilians, p 225-6; Congressional tours, p 227;
program to "sell Navy", p 228, p 235-6; use of the J.
Walter Thompson Agency, p 229-230; Combat Art, p 235;
Public Information, p 235; speech writers, p 240; aided in
Congressional Testimony on new Department of Defense, p 24l;
the Navy and Public Relations, p 242-3; Internal public
relations, p 244; Johnson not very happy in this assignment,
p 247-8; press relations of RADM Richard E.
Byrd, p 249; question of security, p 249-250.
USS NEVADA: used as cruise ship for midshipmen, p 45.
NEWPORT, R.I.: p 256-7.
NIMITZ, Fleet Admiral Chester W.: p 159-160; p 173; p 223,
238, 242.
NUNN, RADM Ira: representative of JAG to Congressional
Johnson
Committees, p 203, p 206.
USS PAUL JONES: Johnson detailed to her as executive officer,
p 63, 65.
USS PEGUIN - gunboat (ex North Sea mine layer): commissioned
for duty with the Asiatic Fleet, p 26; equipped with main
sail at Pearl Harbor to assist with the Pacific journey, p
27; Yangtze Patrol, p 28 ff; Johnson on board the second
time at beginning of 2nd tour of duty with Asiatic, p 63.
PG SCHOOL: selection of new site, p 203-206.
USS PIGEON: p 26, 28-29.
USS PITTSBURG: flagship of the Asiatic Fleet (1929) - Johnson
transferred to her as Flag Lieutenant, p 66; Johnson serves
for six weeks as flag secretary to Adm. Mark Bristol before
Adm. McVay arrives on station, p 66, 69.
USS PRESIDENT ADAMS: troop ship - Johnson as skipper before
the invasion of Bougainville, p 52-3. (attack transport):
Johnson named as skipper, 1943 - takes command in Noumea, p
138-9; escort protection for troop carrying mission,
p 139-1410; lands troops in Empress Augusta Bay,
Bougainville under enemy attack, p 145-7; Johnson makes
plans to bury the dead at sea, p 148-9; Johnson relieved of
command to go to staff of Cine, S. Pac, p 150-1; p 210.
REEVES, ADM. Joseph Mason: his week-end drill off Long Beach,
California, p 78-9, 83, 85-6.
Johnson
RICHARDSON, Adm. J. O.: p 109-110.
USS RIZAL: Asiatic Station, p 39; Johnson, at Manila, develops
many contacts with Army, p 4l.
Rockefeller, John D. Jr.: story of his initial interest in the
restoration of Williamsburg, Va., p 74-5.
ROOSEVELT, President F. D.: on a fishing expedition at sea
in USS TUSCALOOSA, p 102-3; his illegal lobster dinner,
p 104; second cruise, p 105-8.
SCOTT, RADM Norman: tells Johnson about the Spanish Yacht
race, p 54.
Selection - flag rank: a wartime technique, p 213-216.
SERVICE FLEET: valuable work in the Okinawa Operation, p 193-4.
SMITH, Gen. Bedell: p 273-4.
SMOOT, VADM, Roland: anonymous letter to BuPers about Smoot
and his command of the DD MONSSEN, p 230-234.
SPANAGEL, RADM Herman A.: head of the PG school at time a
new site was selected, p 203-4; p 206.
SPANISH OCEAN RACE: (1928) - Lambert gives permission for
Johnson to serve as navigator of the yacht ATLANTIC, p 56;
details of the race as seen from the yacht, p 57-62.
USS SPRINGFIELD: new light cruiser, commanded by Johnson, p 178-180
commissioning, p 181-2; the kamikaze attack off Okinawa, p 182-
3; the story of the Admiral's inspection of the crew’s messing
compartment, p 186; part of escort for FDR on the IOWA enroute
to Yalta, p 187; damage control, p 189; Okinawa
Johnson
campaign, p 191 ff; p 201, p 210.
USS STEWART: Reserve Fleet DD, p 18; maintenance duty, p 22-23.
USS SUMNER: Johnson to the west coast to join the SUMNER, p 24,
26.
SUTHERLAND, Lt. Gen. R. K.: Chief of Staff to Gen. MacArthur -
his protective methods, p 161-2, 174.
USS TENNESSEE: Johnson goes to her (1933) as assistant gunnery
officer, p 78 ff; athletics, p 83-4.
USS THATCHER: Johnson has duty on her for brief period to take
her out of commission, p 26.
TISDALE, RADM M. S.: Commandant of Midshipmen, 1942, p 133.
USS TUSCALOOSA: Cruise ship for FDR, p 102-106.
VINSON, THE Hon, Carl: p 128, p 206; helps with ROTC, p 211.
WATSON, Major General Edwin M. (Pa): aide to FDR, p 108.
WEEMS, Capt. P. V. H.: teaches in Navigation Department at
Academy (1926) - develops his system of Navigation, p 42.
WILSON, Adm. Russell: Superintendent of the Naval Academy (1941)-
Johnson serves as his senior aide, p 117; details of his
duties, p 117 ff; leaves Naval Academy in Dec. 1941 to
become Chief of Staff to Adm. King, p 131.
YANGTZE PATROL: p 28-29 ff; escorting merchant ships, p 30-31;
protection of American missionaries, p 31; protecting U. S.
oil companies, p 32; protection of American consulate
at Ichang, p 37-8; Johnson writes on subject for Naval
Institute - invited by Capt. Baldridge to become Assistant
Editor of PROCEEDINGS, p 43.