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Index for Series of Interviews with Vice Admiral Felix Johnson, U.S. Navy Index for series of interviews of Vice Admiral Felix Johnson, U. S. Navy (Retired) 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.
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